Festhalten

Festhalten glass & bottle (for Lublin Page)

This is a particular style of beer that our brewers have been looking at getting their hands on for quite a while. Aptly named Festhalten which means “Hold Tight”. This Bavarian-style Hefeweizen, a style which is famous for its full fruit flavour and slightly higher carbonation is bursting with flavours of banana, bubble gum and light clove encompassed by a delicious sweetness that will you keep wanting for more.

Keeping this beer true to style we have used a simple base of malted wheat, malted barley and a touch of Vienna malt. A low level of hop bitterness is used to give just enough balance for the sweetness while still letting the wheat malt shine through. Slightly higher carbonation is used which furthermore suits the soft palate of this beer. Overall a very approachable and unique beer made to be drunk by the stein – Das ist Wunderbar!!!

ADDITIONAL TASTING NOTES

Colour/Appearance
Pale and cloudy with full white head.

Aroma
Banana fruit up front with a light clove spice and
wheat malt aroma.

Aftertaste
The banana flavour provides an excellent base for
a sweet fruit palate. There is a lively carbonation
that carries the fruit sweetness very well. A touch
of clove spice gives a gentle warmth making this
beer suitable for the colder months while the
sweetness also keeps it refreshing on a warm day.

BREWER'S NOTE

With so many contemporary beer styles focusing on pushing
flavours to the extreme with higher and higher alcohol levels
and packing more and more hops into beer it is nice to brew
a beer which simply uses fermentation with a classic yeast
strain to make such an interesting and flavoursome beer.

HEFEWEIZEN

Hefeweizen (literally “Yeast Wheat”) is a classic beer style originating
from Bavaria in Southern Germany. It should always be served
cloudy unless sold under the Kristallweizen title.

Relying on the fermentation with a specialist yeast strain for
its flavours of banana, clove and bubblegum this beer is always
refreshing. Usually served with higher carbonation than your
typical ale and also with a very low bitterness level.