Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier

Brewed by Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu (InBev)
Style: German Hefeweizen
Munich, Germany

Serve in Weizen

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I don’t have all the adjectives to explain it, but its really great. I think the banana flavor comes through, but there’s just something about this brew that makes it consistently excellent everytime I try it. When I am confused about what I should buy, I always seem to be able to fall back on this. Its not always cheap though. Its often around 7.99 USD per six pack, which isn’t horrible, but not exactly a bargain price either. Once I had to have an opportunity to get it on draft, and it was incredible. It was a wedding reception with a free bar, so I kept coming back for more and more and more till I was hammered, and it kept tasting great, but the point is, this is what I kept coming back for, and didn’t want anything else once I had figured out that this was the ultimate, that is, when it was draft.

Poured from a bottle into a weizen glass. Pours a nice, golden, sunflower color. Hazy beer with a large, white, cloudy head of foam. The aroma is lovely banana and clove esters with some orange thrown in the mix. Taste is just a touch sweet and on the verge of tartness, without actually stepping over that line. Finishes light and bready. Impressively long finish. The only downfall of this beer is that it’s taken me so long to try it. Glad I finally did. This is a fantastic beer!

Poured cloudy golden-orange, with a big, foamy head. Aroma is oranges and sweet citrus. Taste is smooth and fruity. Orange is apparent, with a little bit of lemon rind hidden in the hop profile. Great hefe!

The head is nice and fluffy and white. The aroma is sweetly appealing. The palate is lively, but not quite a tasty as some other hefeweizens I enjoyed, but it was an older bottle. Still, a very good beer.

Tap. Hazy golden pour with a froth of white foam. Aroma is banana and clove with a soft, wheat malt backbone. Taste is clean clove with light banana followed by some pepper and wheat. Quenching and clean mouthfeel. Man, I need to drink more hefes.

50cl can from Albert Heijn. Nice white head, Hazy blond pour. Nice and drinkable. Bannana notes

Bottle at bar. Thick orange color, white head. Sweet fruity taste with banana, grass and citrus. High carbonation. A bit bitter finish. Good weissbeer.

Bottle. Rating #2168. Lightly hazy and dark gold in color with a decent white head. Nice aroma, a little banana followed by a touch of lemon and wheat. Sweet and mildly bitter, more banana with a citric bite in the finish. Tasty. (2389)

Pours the expected golden with the good white head as is the standard of this style. Aroma is of banana, wheat, and a bit of orange. Aroma is the same, mostly banana and wheat. Pretty crisp, but a little more bland if anything. Not as good as my previous beer rated 15 minutes ago, but similar.

Golden beer with aroma of banana and yeast. Medium palate; carbonic. Taste includes yeast, wheat and banana. Good wheat beer.

from bottle. hazy orange colour with a white frothy head. aroma is yeast, banana, citrus and bubblegum. medium body, creamy texture and lively carbonation. nice fruity flavour of banana and citrus, not to sweet. very refreshing and excellent beer!