Zaungast Honig Lavendel Weizen is an unconventional craft beer that combines elements of wheat beer with aromatic ingredients that push it beyond traditional style boundaries. Although its name suggests a classic weizen, the producer actually defines it as a filtered American Wheat, offering a cleaner and more modern profile compared with traditional German hefeweizen styles.
The recipe includes blossom honey from Lower Austria, added at three different stages during the brewing process, with the sugars fully fermented so the beer does not remain sweet, but instead retains the spicy and floral character of the honey. Dried lavender flowers further shape the aromatic profile, adding herbal and floral notes that make the beer particularly distinctive.
The producer describes the flavor as reminiscent of bread with honey, lavender, and lemon zest in liquid form. With 5.9% ABV and an original gravity of 13.2° Plato, it is a full-bodied yet highly drinkable beer that balances spicy, floral, and lightly citrus-driven notes.
The ingredients include water, wheat and barley malt, oat flakes, honey, lavender, hops, and yeast.
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