German Ales: Weizen/Weissbier
Notes: These beers are made with at least 50 percent malted wheat. They have no yeast flavor and they exhibit a cleaner, drier mouthfeel than counterparts served with yeast.
- Color: Straw to amber
- Clarity: Clear with no chill haze present. Because the beer is filtered, no yeast should be present.
- Malt Profile: Malt sweetness is very low to medium-low
- Hop Profile: Not present to very low
- Bitterness: Very low
- Fermentation: The aroma and flavor are very similar to Hefeweizen with the caveat that fruity and phenolic characters are not combined with the yeasty flavor and fuller-bodied mouthfeel of yeast. The phenolic characteristics are often described as clove-like or nutmeg-like and can be smoky or even vanilla-like. A Banana-like ester aroma and flavor is often present. Diacetyl should not be present. Kristal Weizens are well attenuated and very highly carbonated.
- Body: Medium to full
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ABV:
4.9%-5.6%
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ABW:
3.9%-4.4%
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IBU:
10-15
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Color (SRM):
3-9
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Color (EBC):
6-18
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Original Gravity:
1.047-1.056
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Original Gravity °P:
11.7-13.8
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Final Gravity:
1.008-1.016
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Final Gravity °P:
2.1-4.1
Style info provided entirely or in part by the Brewers Association 2021 beer style guidelines.
No beers have been reviewed in the style.