Hefe-Weissbier Alkoholfrei

In 1986 Paulaner released the Waitzinger Weissbier, the first non-alcoholic wheat beer anyone had made. It still exists, now under the name Hefe-Weissbier Alkoholfrei, which makes it one of the oldest products in a category most brewers only started taking seriously in the last decade. It pours naturally cloudy with the yeast left in, and drinks lively and fresh with the fruity banana and clove notes you find in Paulaner's full-strength Hefe-Weissbier. Alcohol sits under 0.5% rather than at a true zero, so this is not the one to reach for if you need absolute zero. The trade is a fuller wheat beer character than the 0.0% version manages. Folic acid and vitamin B12 come along with it, and a half litre lands around 130 calories, fewer than an apple spritzer the same size. Serve it cold in a tall wheat glass and pour slowly so the head has somewhere to go.