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Have you heard of Bananaweizen before? It’s a hefeweizen beer mixed with a banana. Relatively common in bars in Germany.
by omneity 5y ago
Have you heard of Bananaweizen before?
It’s a hefeweizen beer mixed with a banana. Relatively common in bars in Germany.
- lotophage 5y agoBananaweizen blew my mind because it was the first time I learned banana juice existed. There are other wheat beer mixes, and there is the whole 'radler' thing too
- dfee 5y agoMy favorite beer - Live Oak Hefeweizen - has natural banana notes in it. It seems that’s common for Hefes, anyway. I’d be curious as to how the bananaweizen tastes and whether it ruins the beer - like a Radler in Britain or Blue Moon which kinda tastes a bit artificial. I posted in another comment about micheladas, but I think why I make a distinction about that not ruining the beer is due to the complexity of the flavor.
- Nursie 5y agoThe yeasts used for hefe’s quite often produce banana ester. Many/most yeasts do at certain temperatures and it’s considered an ‘off’ flavour in most styles, but desired in some white beers.
- omneity 5y agoBeer and banana mix pretty well surprisingly. Radler (beer with some lemonade in it) is also pretty common in Germany, with a similar reputation to what you describe.
- yissp 5y agoThis prompted me to search "banana beer", and apparently in some East-African countries there are beers where banana is the main ingredient in the actual mash.