This top-fermented, cloudy wheat beer has a high percentage of carbon dioxide. By-products of the fermentation process such as fruit esters and phenols evidence themselves as banana and clove aromas, and give the wheat its distinctive flavour.
Type of beer: wheat beer, cloudy
Alcohol content: 5.2%
Colour: bright straw yellow
Hops: bouquet of hops
Overall impression: banana-cloves (yeasty), spicy, fresh, fruity
Optimum drinking temperature: 7°C
Label: Bea Kunz, Appenzell
Since: 1998
Goes well with: soups, vegetable dishes, cold platters, fried fish, seafood, poultry, mild cream cheeses, fruity desserts, ice-cream