Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier

Pours a hazy straw color body with a lasting ring of white head. Smells of yeast and malts. Flavor is clean and yeast.

On draught at the Lazy Boy Saloon. Unfortunately, this was served in a shaker. Still, it had a voluptuous head with a strong, spicy nose (hints of citrus and even banana). Perfect balance of wheat and other flavours. I can see why this is a standard for the style.

cans @ home. great hefeweizen! pours hazy yellow with big white head. Aroma is very strong with hints of banana. Taste is impressive en very refreshing. Liked Weihenstephaner more but this german hefeweizen is also a very nice treat!

Beautiful banana and citrus notes on the nose and the palate. cloudy yellow/orange pour with a non-lacy white head. very refreshing

Bottle. Hazy pale yellow with lasting white head. Wheat dominates with nice mixture of fruit and spice flavor, very little hops. Outstanding wheat beer.

On tap into a 500 mL Franziskaner weizen. Pours a hazy gold with a two/three-finger white head that has great retention and a little lacing. Aroma of bubblegum, cloves, nutmeg, overripe bananas, sourdough malt, and a little apple cider vinegar. Flavor is similar but with a little too much sourdough malt and not enough bananas and spice. This was the first beer I ever had that broke me out of the macro pale lager world into the real ale world. I would consider this the hefeweizen standard.

Tap at PIB. Nice golden yellow pour with a thick and puffy white head. Aroma of banana, clove, wheat. Flavor throws some spiciness into the equation, but it all balances out very nicely and is incredibly refreshing when it’s in the 90s. Also, picked up some cool beads from the brewery at the beerfest!

I need to taste this again before giving a good description. It was a great hefe that I tried a JKO, but the same night I was jaded by the weihenstephaner.