Paulaner Hefeweissbier Alkoholfrei

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Low Alcohol
Munich, Germany

Bottle. It pours a slightly hazy, golden body with a decent off-white head. Banana and grains blend nicely in the aroma. Too weak though. Some cloves and fruityness chime in, but it’s too much on the grainy side. Sweet and fruity flavor with banana and a touch of cloves. Too grainy though. Quite thin on the palate, with a good carbonation. Sweet, grainy finish with some banana. Sure one of the best alcohol free beers I’ve had, quite tasteful, and certainly a fine choice for the designated driver. (090228)

Attractive hazy amber with a generous head of foam. Fruity vanilla banana scent dominates the aroma. Wheaty and grainy taste, with balanced sweet and citrus overtones cum undertones. Great carbonation and, extremely refreshing - particularly on a hot day. Exceedingly easy on the palate. Low hops angle and, hardly any bitterness. Nice wheat after-fragrance and aftertaste. Light body with a delicate multi-layered character indeed. At times, you can even detect traces of nuts, some spice and elements of woods - albeit all ever so slight. Grouse - the lack of alcohol affects this beer’s complexion too much. It’s not that this malt "isotonic drink" isn’t tasty; it’s just that when compared with other stocky wheat beers/ales, there’s a stark paleness in comparison.

500 ml bottle. Finland. Hazy golden colour with small head. Fruity and bubblegum aroma. Sweet and quite weak fruity flavour. Not as appealing as Hefeweizen could be (even as non-alcoholic). Not bad but not great either.

Bottled at Cosi Asiat, Frankfurt Airport. Lightky hazy golden, minimal head. Fruity banana and caramel aroma. Sweet and appley, light bodied. Blown up caramel and wheat crackers leaves a void like in a baloon. Sweaty and fruity, yet remaining relatively drinkable. No bitterness.

<b>Bottle 50cl.</b>
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, wheat, lemon - sour malt notes, cardboard. Flavor is light to moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081005]

Bottled (BB 09/2009), from Citymarket, Vaasa. Clear pale amber color, decent cloudy white head (but vanishing quickly). Aroma is strong rubber and bubblegum. Harsh, fizzy, a bit citrus fruity mixed with barley or crisp bread and sea salt. Very watery with short aftertaste. Not hopeless, much does not taste like a hefeweissbier, this is more like flavored mineral water.

21/11 0.5 l bottle courtesy of ogivlado, thanks for sharing! It poured murky orange body with medium sized head. Smells pretty good, quite "true", banana, bubblegum, cloves, pretty estery, like a lower quality Hefeweizen. There is no much flavor in it, but still in that thin body only the real Hefeweizen things could be felt - some fruitness, spices, nothing offensive. Short, quite weak sweetish finish. Sure, it’s not good beer, but if you can’t drink any alcohol, this might be the right choice.

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Dry estery wheaty aroma. Acidic wheaty flavour with a dry flavour and a mild spice note. Ends dry and wheaty.