Snowy Mountains Brewery Charlottes Hefe Weizen

Best Hefeweizen I've tried in Australia. You can really taste the banana and vanilla tones. It's the only beer my wife will drink and she really hates beer

The equal of any great Bavarian. Charlotte is a cheeky little drop that shares the characteristics of all great wheat beers. But unlike her imported cousins, Charlotte has the distinct advantage of being both fresh without being tarty, and mature without being an old hag. Wheat beers have a very narrow window for optimum consumption, and imports usually have had that window shut, locked, and the blinds drawn by the time we get to enjoy them. Charlotte is as close as you get to what its like to drink a wheat beer in Bavaria.

The best time to enjoy Charlotte would be from the moment you finish your last mouthful of breakfast until you turn out the light at night. She is also the perfect partner to almost any dish.

Charlotte isn't the World's greatest wheat beer, but she's the best Australian Wheat Beer I've tasted. Having said that, it would be hard to beat drinking an Andechs in the shadow of the monastery on a barmy Summer afternoon, but Charlotte on the verandah of Crackenback Cottage while playing Jenga in the sunshine would come a close second.

Four and a half stars.