Brewed at Brauerei Maisel in Bayreuth under the Reinheitsgebot, then dealcoholised to below 0.5%. The German purity law matters here in practice: the ingredient list is water, wheat and barley malt, hops, and hefeweizen yeast, nothing else. The alcohol removal process strips some volume without gutting the character. The colour runs noticeably darker than most hefeweizens, a deep amber rather than the usual hazy gold, and it throws a dense white head. Banana is the dominant note throughout, soft and ripe, with clove sitting underneath it in the way a well-made weissbier should. The body is full and creamy for the category, and the finish has enough dryness to stop it feeling cloying. It's one of the more convincing alcohol-free wheat beers in a style that tends to flatten out when the alcohol goes. If you drink Franziskaner or Erdinger, this is a reasonable place to land.