Weihenstephaner Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage

Weihenstephaner Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage. Contains less than 0.5 % Alcohol.
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Wihenstephan, Freising, Bayern, Deutschland.

Well, if I'm reviewing shandies and radlers and hard seltzers and ciders, why not an NA beer? It hasn't happened before in the Nib, so let's kick it off with this one from the makers of one of my favorite Bavarian Hefe Weizens.

Clouded, bright golden, large ivory head. Looking just like a true Bavarian wheat, so far.

In the nose: citrus and spice, notes of banana and wheat.

In the mouth: All of the flavors are here, and nearly none of the alcohol. Light-bodied, fruity, slight spice, malty. If I couldn't have any booze, I sure wouldn't pass this up. Not terrible at all.

Our golden-yellow, alcohol-free wheat beer tastes like a premium wheat beer: tangy, fresh and full-bodied, with hints of cloves and honey as well as a fine yeasty spirit. The unique wheat beer taste is achieved by a method developed in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan: the top fermentation is not interrupted and the beer has time to mature, only after the maturation the alcohol is carefully withdrawn. It is a first-class thirst quencher after sports or a good companion to light summer dishes, sweet and sour dishes, or fruit sorbets. Brewed according to our centuries-old brewing tradition on the Weihenstephan hill.