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"rossa":3c38gvp3 wrote: Hard to get I find. I found it in Spain of all places. I guess they are trying to please the German tourists. I do like the dark german styles. Think my next brew will be a be dark malty wheat beer with loadsa munich malt. It'll keep me warm for a few weeks.[/quote:3c38gvp3]

I'd love to brew something like Weihenstephaner Dunkel. Do you know if they use the same yeast in the Dunkel ?

"Hairy Mac":e29qj9zk wrote: you can buy frankiscaner in lidl at a cheaper price .tastier too[/quote:e29qj9zk]

I think for the price it one of the best hefe's freely available

"silenus":3tf8iy8f wrote:

"Apprentice Beer Head":3tf8iy8f wrote: Opinions?[/quote:3tf8iy8f]

I would put it at the lower end of the Weiss market.I used to drink it myself, before the likes of Weihenstaphaner, Schneider and such. [/quote:3tf8iy8f]

This echoes my opinion exactly but then I have to remember that some people don't like the very strongly banana-forward weizens and prefer more cloviness in their hefeweizens... (I really like Konig Ludwig for a really banana-forward Weiss bier. I loved this beer long before I figured out that it was brewed by Crown Prince Luipold's brewery, but the tradition there makes it even more special for me now that I know it.)

Schneiderweiss Aventinus is probably my over-all favorite wheat beer (I know it's a weizen bock and not directly comparable to the others on the list.) absolutely delicious and their pub in downtown Munich is absolutely magical when fully dressed for the Oktoberfest season... If their yeast wasn't so famous for being incredibly difficult to work with I might try culturing some yeast from a bottle, but I think that's just dissapointment waiting to happen.

Adam