Paulaner Hefeweissbier

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: German Hefeweizen
Munich, Germany

Wonderful aroma. Banana is particularly strong, some cloves, and a bit of citrus. Light hops and wheat. Cloudy (unfilt.) golden dark amber with creamy, off-white lacing head. Palate is ligh-medium watery with gentle carbonation. Starts sweet with wheat and banana, citrus. Light acidity kicks in for a weaker sweet finish. After is bready and a bit sweet, with a pleasant level of acidity and low bitterness. Fruity.

Bottle; Aroma was light lemon and some aluminum aroma as well. Yellow body with white head. Flavor was light in all areas, lemon, spice, malt. Easy on the palate. Don’t know how well this ages but has a date of 05.06 on bottle.

Faint clove aroma. Cloudy orange color with large bubbles. A citrusy, wheaty flavor is well balanced and highlighted with vanilla tones. Paper-like finish. Medium bodied, but a little too weak overall.

Hazy golden colour with a great thick white head. Smells of lemon, yeast, coriander seed and curacao (orange peel) all are elements of the smell. The taste is very mild, a bit of the freshness (curacao & coriander) is noticeable along with some yeastie & wheatieness. Aftertaste subtle as well showcasing a bit of the better flavours roaming around with this beer. Overall, a better than average German Wheat, and even though I had this just after turning 21, I hadn't had it since...so at a bar with about 125 taps, I picked this piece of crap...and it turned out to be alright! Try this if you like wheats, as it is most likely available and very pleasing! I got a 23 ounce glass of this on tap at MacGregor's in Rochester, New York.

Bottle courtesy of tupalev - thanks, Jeff! Hard to believe I’ve never gotten around to rating this one. Hazy golden-orange with a ridiculously large white head. Big hefe aroma with a nice citrus edge. Full bodied with a creamy middle and a crisp finish. Flavour is bang-on for the style. Finish is a bit sweeter than some, but still, this is a great example that I enjoyed immensely.

12oz bottle at the winking lizard - Pours cloudy golden with a big creamy white head that leaves plenty of lace. Good aroma of bannana clove and lots of yeast. Flavor is bannana, clove, some yeast, and a touch of bubblegum. Palate is smooth and well carbonated with a good soft mouthfeel. Pretty good as far as hefes go.. I cannot believe that I haven’t rated this yet..

This is a great wheat beer. The last sip was as good as the first.

Newly distributed beer, Bottle date of 12.06, Sampled August 2007
Pours with a frothy, three-finger thick, light tan colored head that sits atop an opaquely hazy, orangish gold colored beer. Lots of wheat & malt aromas are apparent as are some of the characteristic yeast notes; Aromas of clove, lemon zest, fresh crushed wheat, at times notes of bananas, sweet grain notes and some yeasty / bready aromatics. This beer has a nice level of yeast-driven phenolics & esters to it. Quite a nice nose to this brew really.

The taste has a sweetness that seems more driven by notes of clove & banana esters than by the grain sweetness; the wheat and barley malts do contribute some sweetness though. The carbonation provides a sharp bite to this brew, which, along with the light tartness & touch of hop bitterness, provide balance to the sweeter notes of this brew. There is a certain spiciness here that is most definitely yeast derived, but also brought on by the zesty carbonation / carbonic acid; hints of white pepper, lemon zest and maybe even a hint of wisp ginger. This is a really nice Hefe, one which I always enjoy having