Hefeweizen - cask conditioned

[MikeBusby]

Does anybody know whether it is possible to serve hefeweizen cask conditioned using a hand pump?

 

[thegrantickle]

Possible - yes. A good idea - no. Heffe is conditioned at circa 3 vols co2, as the high carbonation massively aids the banana and clove aromas which dominate the style. Serving via cask would see about 1-1.2vols of co2 and this would severely mute the desired characteristics for the style. Traditionally, it's bottle conditioned for this reason.