American Wheat

An Ameican twist to the German Wheat beers, this style can be produced as an ale or lager and covers a range of colors, normally golden to amber, but sometimes darker like the German Dunkelweizens. Unlike a German Hefeweizen, the American Wheat is often (but not always) filtered and lacks the ester (normally banana) and phenolic (normally clove) aromas and flavors obtained with German yeast strains. The malt component normally (but not always) consists of 50% or more wheat and the hopping can be light to heavy, more often falling in the moderate to heavy range. The flavors of American wheats are diverse with various combinations of graininess, malt sweetness, hop bitterness, and citrusy character, and acidic and / or dry mouthfeels are often achieved.

	Beer | Location	Reviews	Score
	Samuel Adams Summer Ale MA, United States	108	3.139
	Bells Oberon Ale MI, United States	72	3.577
	Samuel Adams Hefeweizen MA, United States	61	2.983
	Boulevard Wheat Beer MO, United States	60	3.574
	Leinenkugel Honey Weiss Bier WI, United States	55	3.234
	Shiner Hefeweizen TX, United States	54	3.313
	Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen MA, United States	50	2.825
	Three Floyds Gumballhead IN, United States	49	3.737
	Sierra Nevada Wheat CA, United States	47	3.060
	Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat IL, United States	46	3.204
	New Belgium Sunshine Wheat CO, United States	46	3.263
	Anchor Summer Beer CA, United States	38	3.027
	Blue Moon Honey Moon Summer Ale CO, United States	36	2.885
	Magic Hat Circus Boy VT, United States	35	2.755
	North Coast Blue Star CA, United States	33	3.105
	Magic Hat Hocus Pocus VT, United States	31	3.168
	McAuslan St. Ambroise Blé de L'Apricot (Apricot Wheat) Canada	30	3.364
	Big Rock Grasshopper Wheat Ale Canada	27	2.863
	Tommyknocker Jack Whacker Wheat Ale CO, United States	27	3.143
	Boulder Sweaty Betty Blonde CO, United States	25	3.100