Wheat Beer: Yeast, Haze, Foam, and Spice in the Glass

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wheat beer is where many beer drinkers first learn that haze can be intentional, foam can be part of flavor, and yeast can smell like fruit and spice without fruit or spice being added. A cloudy golden hefeweizen, a pale witbier with coriander and orange peel, a clean American wheat ale, and a tart Berliner-style wheat beer may all share wheat in the grain bill, but they do not behave like one style. Wheat is a foundation. Yeast, fermentation, acidity, carbonation, and serving decide the rest.

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Wheat Beer: Yeast, Haze, Foam, and Spice in the Glass