weissbier

Definitions

noun A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.

noun a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent

German Weißbier, "white beer".

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Blue Moon, made by the Coors Corporation, is a Belgian style white beer, made from white wheat - a form of hefeweizen which is referred to as weissbier in its place of origin.

techPresident 2009
(They did, I should note, and like pretty much every restaurant in Germany, have a very nice weissbier on tap, and so that helped us over the pain.)

The Worst Mexican Restaurant on Earth 2009
So, for anyone seeking the Bayerische weissbier experience, the basic tourist wisdom is actually true: Augustiner weissbier is a remarkable, complex, fantastic beer.

Best Beer 2009
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I generally find weissbier too sweet.

Rebecca Kosick: An American Vegetarian in Germany 2010
Neither my husband, nor I, go much for weissbier (unfortunately for us as it abounded).

Rebecca Kosick: An American Vegetarian in Germany 2010
His nose told him they had washed it down with weissbier.

Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010
Neither my husband, nor I, go much for weissbier (unfortunately for us as it abounded).

Rebecca Kosick: An American Vegetarian in Germany 2010
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I generally find weissbier too sweet.

Rebecca Kosick: An American Vegetarian in Germany 2010
It turned out they only had a weissbier that looked tempting, plus some chocolate.

Language problems. magnio 2005
In fairly remote Bavaria I had a plate of venison and boar, with the local weissbier.

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