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American wheat beer, now a unique style all its own, started as an interpretation of Hefeweizen. This Bavarian ale is pale, cloudy, effervescent, and full-bodied. The style was so popular among Munich drinkers back in the day that wheat was the first exception to the famous Rheinheitsgebot, the Bavarian beer purity law that previously only allowed beer to be made of water, barley, and hops. Hefeweizen is fermented with a yeast that contributes flavours to the beer unique to the style. The yeast is allowed to stay in the beer where it reinforces the flavours of spice and banana.
When American craft brewers decided to recreate the style, some went to the trouble and expensive of finding style-specific strains of yeast. Many simply used the house yeast, typically a much cleaner fermenting British ale yeast. Using such a yeast produces a beer with a much different flavour profile. While the unfiltered versions of this style are visually virtually identical to Hefeweizen, the taste is much cleaner. The suspended yeast does contribute very subtle hints of spice but gone is the banana taste. The result is a beer that is very refreshing but still full bodied.
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Samuel Adams Hefeweizen
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 Samuel Adams Hefeweizen has a traditional spin on a classic American craft brewing style. This crisp, fruity wheat ale is cloudy, because the yeast has not been filtered out. Bavarian Spalt hops give the ale a crisp elegance, that is not bitter and leaves a clean aftertaste. Cheers!
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Samuel Adams Summer Ale
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 Crisp, tangy, refreshing, with notes of citrus and pepper.
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Santa Barbara Gold Coast Wheat
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 One taste will throw you back 100 years to the wide open, rolling plains of California. Wild and unfiltered, cool and refreshing, itll quench the bone-dry thirst of the toughest summer day. Made with 40% wheat malt in the American tradition.
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Santa Cruz Hefeweizen
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 Santa Cruz Ale Works Hefeweizen This blonde colored ale has its roots firmly planted in Germany but has adapted well to suit the taste of the American public. By nature it is unfiltered as Hefeweizen means wheat beer with yeast in German. Unlike our Bavarian counterparts, this wheat beer does not ha...
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Santa Fe Wheat
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 A true Bavarian wheat yeast, sixty percent wheat malt, and German hops make Santa Fe Wheat Beer as true to the style as any American rendition can be. German Wheat Beer, with its hints of banana and clove, its delectable, spicy, hops, and its pale golden color, is becoming increasingly popular in Am...
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Saranac Summer Ale
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 by Matt Brewing A beer with generous amounts of wheat malt for a light, refreshing taste. Look for the subtle hints of spice and lemon.
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Schlafly Hefeweizen
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 This unfiltered American Wheat Ale is light in color, body and bitterness, with the delicious finish of wheat malt. Available on draft and in bottles.
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Sequoia Blossom Trail Ale
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 A delicately flavored and unfiltered wheat beer brewed with malted and unmalted wheat. Orange blossom and sage honeys are added to the brew for a subtle aroma and flavor of honey. Also great with a wedge of lemon.
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Sequoia Half Dome Half-Weizen
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 California Wheat Pale Ale
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Shenandoah White Water Wheat
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Added on Feb 24, 2010 What it's like: White Water is brewed using traditional German techniques, but without the traditional weizen yeast. The result is a light, clean taste that makes for an easy-drinking beer. The White Water name was not chosen to honor the famous Arkansas real estate but instead to commemorate a whit...
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