Paulaner Hefeweissbier

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

A good wheat, to be sure...to me, it’s among the small handful that ’set the standard’ for the category. Sweet, bready, not overbearing, apparent and not overly-complex flavors, and above all, very very drinkable. Pours a hazy light gold with a good size somewhat lingering head. The carbonation is very apparent. The aroma is typical of a wheat...bready, with bananas and apple pie/clove spices with just a faint hint of citrus, mostly grapefruit. The taste is straightforward, and much like the aroma. Very bready with hints of banana and a citrus taste that is more predominant than in the aroma. The clove/spice taste is reserved for the finish, which is relatively bitter, dry, and clean.

A pretty standard, all around well-done Hefe. Basically all that you could want in a hefe, banana, clove, yeasty goodness. I don’t really know what else to say without feeling a bit redundant. Quite fruity and a king-sized stein is pretty filling! The yeast adds almost a weird dry touch in the finish, which is something I haven’t experienced before in any wheat beer. Maybe that was just from the sheer amount of the stuff that I had.

Draft. Orange pour with almost no head. Aroma is citrus, grainy malt, generally sweet. Flavor is typical for the style; light and refreshing. It’s a little grainy, bananas, citrus. Slightly above average for the style.

Aroma faint and a bit chemical -organic, but an off note. This is the typical wheat beer yellow with medium foam. Flavor is like watered down orange soda with a small bitter whang. The body is watery and not what one would suspect from a premium beer. Passable for drinking if mega brews are all that is available.

Aroma of coriander, clove, some orange and a little bit of banana. Large, creamy, off-white head covering a hazy orange body. Clean tasting hefe with a bitter finish. Lively carbonation. Pretty decent overall. Thanks to ilovedarkbeer for this one.

This is a nice hefeweizen with a lighter bubblegum/banana quality and stronger toasty grain quality. It is lightly cloudy gold with a very big, dense off-white head that lasts long and is creamy. Teh aroma is 1st toasty grain but this gives way to bubblegum, banana, light yeasty wheat bread, fresh plums - very nice. The taste is tingly with a light grain quality throughout plus a light bubblegum and banana quality, lemon-lime soda pop, balanced sweet-bitter character, then in the finish the toasty grain takes over for a long finish, more so than seems usual for German hefeweizens. It’s a great example.

Pours out a cloudy amber with a thick, white, fairly persistent head. Aroma is strong and wheaty with some citrus component - but this may have come from the obligatory slice of lemon. Flavor is rich, wheaty with a hoppy undertone and just a touch of bitterness, and a lemony hint. Smooth, enjoyable, refreshing.

Beautiful amber-hazy appearance with a huge foamy stable head. The nose is complex:citrus some vanilla and banana fruit. The flavour is vanilla, some fenolic hints and a little fruit and yeast, moderated carbonation. Nice smooth taste. Classic of the style, correct and delicious.