Paulaner Hefe-Weizen (Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb)

Can Paulaner put flavour in a beer? Let's find out.

My first impression of the aroma from the bottle was frankly, 'a bin with a banana in it'. Others call it earthy. I call it not a great start.

Pours darkish, lovely frothy white head, takes well to a cold glass. In the wider format there's more fruit salad in the nose, quite nice.

I can't claim to be an expert on this style and there's a reason - most I've had have been fun for 100ml then novelty banana acts .. not really to my taste. This is far better for mine - light carbonation, good mix of fruity flavours with the wheatbeer mouthfeel makes it really easy to put away and a fun journey getting there too.

As an example of the style it's a winner for me no doubt. 7.5

Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier

Germany. Land of oktobers.

Not sure quite what to say about this though. It's very clean, light to the point of transparency, and almost without character save a very light malty presence.

It's inoffensive, and slightly impressive that it's 6% I guess? I'd need to be in full quaffing-down-the-front-of-my-sausage-filled-lederhosen mode to go this again though. 2.5