Paulaner Hefeweissbier

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

On tap at Just Sports. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, fruit, and wheat. Flavor is fruit, wheat, sweet. Loads of bananas flavor, good body, good brew.

Poured from the bottle at The Light Bar in Shoreditch (London), a bright cloudy orange with a large frothy head. A strong wheat aroma of citrus and banana, with hints of pepper. Smooth to taste and a good tanginess.

Probably THE textbook version. Hazy dark yellow with a big vanilla colored head. Estery nose of banana and ajust a hint of clove. Smooth, medium body offers rushes of sweet malt and yeasty tones throughout. Somewhat carbonated and spritzy.

Dense milky, pale orangey amber look. Yeasty honey malt aroma is certainly noticeable on the first sip. Finishes slightly crisp but just seems to remain a little too sweet and sticky in the aftertaste.

Bubblegum, hay, grass, clove, yeast, and banana...typical flavors of the hefe...and this one has them all in abundance. I usuually refrain from these in the winter, but i had one in the cellar from last year, thought I’d better drink it before it gets any older...and I’m glad I did...it, and the fact that it’s 55 degrees in Chicago on January 29th, convinced me that summer is just around the corner.

12 oz. bottle from Trader Joe’s, "Produced on 09/05." Had a rather wretched Ekstra hefe last night, luckily I had this along to help clear the palate. I a tall wheat glass, pours a somewhat creamy orange color under an inch-thick head. Big banana and clove smell at first, then undercurrents of bubblegum and lemon. This carries through in the taste, with additional notes of coriander and vanilla. Definitely a summer beer; I stored this at 45°, and on a chilly spring evening, it feels way too cold. Softened water for a slightly buttery finish. Hews straight to the style, with no excessive malt of hop characteristics.

Bottle. Pours forth in ambered pale gold and rimmed with a heady froth in off-white. Aroma carries distinctive, yet subdued standard banana and peach ester. Calming. Flavor is solid, but lacks the body I expected. Hoping for more wheat oil and density, this falls a little short with some wafting caribbean spice through a mild fruit festival. Clean, crisp and respectable. Hop bite at the end in noble makes for an appreciable balance, yet I long for something more substantial. Not sure this really deserves its’ lauding. In all earnest remarks, I could drink a shit-ton of this beer, served cold on a hot day. I see why the Germans do. PS I think I’m terrible with this style. It’s probably, in all reality, exemplary for the style

Pours a cloudy gold with a big, fluffy white head. Smells of mild wheat, with a little bit of citrus. Pretty subdued actually. The taste was better than the smell. It was livelier. Nice floral wheat characters jump out right away, with a pleasant citrus finish. Very easy drinking and refreshing wheat beer. Full-bodied and flavorful. Good stuff.