A unfiltered wheat beer orginating in Germanies barvarian region, while not completly exclusive to that area. The brew tends have a honey or golden hue and is quite clodey due to the large amount of yeast and sediment left in the beer.
One typically pours 90% of the beer into a large
glass and then swirls the remainder of the liquid to removed the yeast caked on the
bottom rim of the bottle. This is yeast mixture is then poured into the
glass with the rest of the beer.
Flavor is extremely light,
smooth and pleasant, the taste has been described as mild and sweet, with hints of banana and or clove
Typically
German hefeweizens are the only way to
go, thought California's Sierra Nevada -Keller Weis is right up there
Great
German examples include:
Mahr's
Franziskaner
Paulaner
Hofbrau
Weihenstephan
Erdinger