Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Dunkelweizen
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

Hazy copper/brown in colour with an inch-high head that shows reasonably persistence. Lots of overripe/cooked banana (like in banana fritters) apparent even during pour. Upon further inspection wheat and some spices (coriander and cloves) are detectable, as well as some sweet darker malts with contribute a caramel note. Flavours are a mix of wheat and caramel malts, as well as banana and cloves. A restrained bitterness sits nicely in the background. Spritzy carbonation works well to support the traditional watery wheat flavour/texture. Highly drinkable!

On tap at Taco Mac Lindbergh. Pours a hazy brownish amber that looks a bit like tea in the glass underneath a big off-white head that shows good lacing. The aroma is just flush with bananas and bubblegum sweetness mixed with lots of clove spiciness. It definitely has a bit more malt presence than the hefe and a bit of lemon as well. The taste ratchets the bananas down a notch and the malts come through a bit more. The finish brings back the spiciness of the cloves and leaves a dry, clean finish. The mouthfeel is highly (almost too) carbonated and extremely smooth going down. I was expecting this to be one of the best dunkels I’ve ever had and it lived up to the expectations. A supremely drinkable beer.

Light orange copper with a thick two fingers of tight off white head. Sticky lacing. Big toasted malt and caramel aroma. Some spicy coriander. Taste is coriander, lightly citrus, with a backdrop of caramel and burnt sugars.

Brown, huge beige head, nice balance of sweets and fruits, some grain and bitter.

Bottle, 50cl. Pours an unclear caramelbrown beer with a big white head. The aroma wheat with sweetness and caramel. The flavor is caramel and wheat. The palate is refreshing, and overall this is a good wheatbeer.

Dark and cloudy with pearl-white head, nice lacing. Sweet and full-bodied, like spiced fruit (clove and allspice) and banana, mellow. Easy to drink, packs a punch later on.

Bottle. Cloudy deep orange body with a big offwhite forever lasting head. Lots of bubbles keeps rising from the bottom of the glass. Banana aroma with lots of wheat and clove. Some caramel as well. Caramel, banana, clove and wheat in flavour with some spices. Not as sweet as other dunkelweizen. Medium bodied. Refreshing and tasty.

0.5 liter, pours with a massive white head. Hazy dark brown color, Flavors of banana, hints of cocoa, cloves, malt and a nice sweet finish. This is a great session beer and one of my favorites from Weihenstephaner.