Hefeweizen
Evans’ offers a true Bavarian-style wheat beer, the special yeast strain produces the flavors of bananas and cloves during fermentation. Malty with only enough hops to balance.
German wheat beers are called weizen (“wheat”) in the western (Baden-Württemberg) and northern regions, and weissbier or weiss (“white beer” or “white”) in Bavaria. Hefeweizen (the prefix “hefe” is German for yeast) is the name for unfiltered wheat beers, while kristallweizen (“kristall” being German for crystal) is the same beer filtered. Bavarian-style wheat beer is usually served in 500 ml, vase-shaped glasses.
Breweries in other countries, particularly the U.S. and Canada, will brew wheat beers based on these two main traditions using special wheat beer yeasts; however, other varieties of wheat beer are also brewed with ordinary ale yeast, which produces a less fruity taste than the Bavarian styles. Sour beers such as Berliner Weisse, gose, and lambic are made with a significant proportion of wheat.