This is my first Kristallweizen. The body is crystal clear and golden-straw in color. A massive, rocky, snow white head settles slowly to a 2mm layer of foam, with random spots and splotches of lacing marking the glass. The aroma shows dry cereal grains, hints of banana esters, bubblegum, sweet, bready malts, and just a touch of earthy clove. Flavors are crisp and grainy, floral, and lightly spicy. The palate is effervescent and lively, most of its medium body seemingly derived from corn sugars. Overall, I was not impressed with my first kristallweizen experience. It resembled a completely filtered hefeweizen cut 50/50 with a pale lager, honestly.

Poured from bottle a clear light yellow with a large white head. Aroma is soft with malt, clove and a bread. Flavor is lightly sweet with honey, yeast, dough, clove and mild banana. Palate starts with a good carbonation tingle and some malt but then seems a bit thin almost watery. Overall, exceptionally easy to drink, but flavor is lacking as well as body. I’d drink more but wouldn’t go out of my way to buy.

500ml bottle. Crystal clear gold with a big, fluffy white head. Drippy white lace. Nice floral hop nose, a touch of spice and banana. Pleasant, crisp wheat flavor, lightly grainy, clove and banana. Decent stuff for the style.

Bottled. Clear pale golden creamy head. Restrained cardboard aroma. Sweet and fruity, medium bodied with spritzy but bold mouthfeel. Slightly phenolic. Lacking in character.