Description
5.5%abv.
Fruity soft creamy hefe-weizen from giant Bavarian brewmasters.
"Hefe" means yeast, "Weizen" means wheat. Hefeweizen is a top fermented, unfiltered, bottle conditioned wheat beer with a noticeable yeast sediment and a cloudy appearance. Wheat beers are also referred to as Weissbiers (white beers) because before the invention of pale lagers and pale ales, most beers were dark. Wheat beers were the exception as the wheat content lightened the colour of the beer.
Hefeweizens are usually quite sweet and fruity, with a full body. The typical hefeweizen taste, which distinguishes it from its Belgian wheat beer cousins is produced by the types of yeast used in Bavaria.
Wheat beers were originally forbidden by the Reinheitsgebot (German beer purity law), that forbade the inclusion of anything but barley, hops and water (spontaneous fermentation was used instead of yeast). Some say the law was originally intended to save wheat for the baking of bread. These laws were amended in 1850 to allow for the use of wheat.
Paulaner Hefe-Weißbier is the best-selling beer by the Paulaner Brewery. Specially produced top-fermented yeast is what gives it its unmistakeable character: sparkling light, fruity, and just a tiny bit bitter. Because it is not filtered during the brewing process, it retains its originality and the many vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
Paulaner was founded in 1634 by Minim monks following St Francis of Paula (Italian) north of Munich, they made a doppelbock called Salvatore, still popular to this day. Now it is joined by the ever more popular Hefe-weizen. Paulaner is ranked number 8 among Germany’s best selling breweries.
Pour this into the glass it looks almost solid, it's thick white beer with block pale head. Fruity aroma tickles the taste buds, banana and apple in a beer?
This beer coats the mouth then the throat then the gut, refreshing all the way down, it is very fruity and flavoursome with a healthy yeasty finish that reminds you it is beer. A summer beer that one cannot wait for summer for, bathe in the suntrap on our patio with a glass of Paulaner after a hard days work its perfect!
This exceptional Hefe-Weizen has a hazy straw hue, but it is not a wheat brew trying to be a pilsner. The head is huge and commendably tenacious. It has a fine, tighly-knit pure white head. It is unfiltered as the name suggests, and this is evident in its appearance and in the nose. The nose is highly phenolic, with a big fruity boquet that is dominated by banana and apples to a lesser extent. Also typical of hefes, cloves are evident, but not as distinct as in other representatives like Schneider Weisse. On the palate, the fruitiness is confirmed as is the clove character.
This beer will pair well with german cuisine, cheeses such as edam and feta, salads, poultry, fish and seafood.
At the Devonshire Cat we would not recommend adding a slice of lemon to a wheat beer (as some people do), as this will ruin the taste of the beer and the acidity from the lemon kills the head – drink it as the Germans do with no added ingredients!
Available on Draught
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