Beer 180 - Erdinger Hefe-Weizen

Brewed and bottled in Germany by Erdinger Weissbrau.   Bought at Spec's Liquor, downtown Houston and drunk at home in Katy while Patricia prepared leftover Ajiaco for dinner (it is just a delicious second time round).

The brewery web site (in English) is: http://www.erdinger.de/en/company/brewery.html

On the web site the brewery talks about Weissbier and it appears they have changed the name of some of their beers for te American market.  As best as I can see Weissbier in Europe is Hefe-Weizen in American (I am unable to find out why the label changed)

The web site says: "Erdinger Weissbier is not only the undisputed classic in the Erdinger product range, it is also quite simply the wheat beer par excellence. It is brewed using fine yeast according to a traditional recipe and, of course, in strict accordance with the Bavarian Purity Law. Even today, the beer is still bottle-fermented in the traditional way; it takes three to four weeks for Erdinger Weissbier 'with fine yeast' to mature. Only the finest ingredients are used in its production. Years of experience and constant quality checks guarantee the beer's unmistakable flavor."

I was disappointed in the taste of the beer.  It poured nicely and produced and excellent head that dissipated fairly quickly.  The beer itself was bland and without much taste, not one of the better examples of wheat beer I have ever tasted.