Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

 

 

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Cloudy medium brown pour, medium off white head. Soft fruit, yeast and toasted malt in the nose. Taste starts sweet but dries slightly. Light bananas on the tongue with spice, cinnamon or allspice, and light but spicy hops finish.|9/26/2012

 

 

 

Back to back Weizen, just had the traditional Hefe. Figured I’d try this before I leave Germany, assuming it’s better here. Not sure, but it’s definitely cheaper. About €1 at the local Edeka in town, half liter bottle dated best by 01.2025. While Hefes aren’t my favorite style, Dunkelweizens are often less of a favorite. Something about the darker malts that doesn’t always work with the yeast profile. It’s still delicious and one of the better examples I’ve tried, but just a commentary on the style overall. The roasted malt is great here but often overshadows the qualities of Hefe that make the style unique. Would drink again.

 

I bought a 500 ml bottle at a Lidl store in Portugal. Poured it into a pils glass, causing a 2 inch head that settled to 1 inch foam. Warm, fresh aroma. Taste is a little disappointing — a little but of caramel and yeast. Not very interesting. The mouthfeel was promising at first, but it was followed by a bland aftertaste. Was expecting more from a monastery logo ale. Tastes more like mass-market output.

Had ages ago

 

500ml bottle, 5,0%ABV, poured in a Weissenglass at around 6 celcius.
Colour , rusty brown to with a 2-3 finger head, dense white foam.
Light carbonation, creamy lacing.
Smell: not very strong, some burnt nuts and sweet caramel.
Mouthfeel: Very smouth and creamy, smell tingle of carbonation
Taste: soft notes of nut and burnt bread, not too yeasty, nice not too sweet caramel development, with a lovely note of almost dark choclate like bitterness in the aftertaste.
Very pleasant beer, easy to drink.

 

 

enjoyed at pony bar, hamburg, this is one i’ve wanted to try for a long time, quite a nice dunkelweizen, nice rich malty flavour mixed with the wheaty estery flavours, on the sweeter side, drinkable, pretty good

 

00ml. bottle in Mae Kasa, Thailand. Pours a cloudy red/brown with a reddish white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruits. Tastes very roasty, malty, biscuity. Medium carbonation that settles. A pleasant but prickly mouthfeel. A good, solid, well-balanced Dunkel.

 

On tap at Spaten an Der Oper in Munich. Billed as ‘’dark wheat’’ on the English menu.