Hefeweizen

Hefeweizen

1896 beers | 3.463 Avg Score

The feature summer ale of Southern Germany (Bavaria), the hefeweizen (or "weissbier") is brewed with wheat malt (at least 50%) and light Pilsner malt. The resulting product features a balanced ester (normally banana) and phenolic (normally clove) flavor that is achieved from the yeast used to brew these beers. The appearance of this unfiltered beer ("mit hefe" means "with yeast") is pale golden to amber in color with light to heavy cloudiness and a very generous, fluffy, and long lasting white head. Citrus and basic wheat grain elements (even bubblegum) often accompany the feature flavors, while hops contribute a very minor role. The Hefeweizen is the lightest of the Hefeweizen, Dunkelweizen, and Weizenbock series of German Wheat beers.

Beer | Location Reviews Score
Leavenworth Whistling Pig Hefeweizen
WA, United States
4
2.871
Weyerbacher Hefeweizen
PA, United States
4
3.086
Primátor Weizenbier
Czech Republic
4
3.386
Gubernija Ekstra Baltic Weisse Beer
Lithuania
3
3.100
Brew Brothers Wild Card Wheat Ale
NV, United States
3
3.300
Greif Bräu Weisse
Germany
3
3.334
Two Brothers Ebels Weiss Beer
IL, United States
3
3.300
Vintage Weiss-Blau
WI, United States
3
3.117
Wisby Weisse
Sweden
3
3.200
Wagner Edel-Weizen
Germany
3
3.284
Störtebeker Bernstein-Weizen
Germany
3
3.084
Leibinger Seeweisse
Germany
3
3.300
Meantime Wheat
United Kingdom
3
2.934
Gourmetbryggeriet Cloudy Wheat
Denmark
3
2.984
Augustiner Weissbier
Germany
3
3.467
No Label El Hefe
TX, United States
3
3.284
Brewster's Gunther's Hefeweizen
Canada
3
2.967
Bischofshof Malteser Weiss
Germany
3
3.384
Ass Kisser Tight Ass Hefewiezen
TX, United States
3
3.017
Bushwakker Summer Wheat
Canada
3
3.167