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Wheat Beers

Wheat beers are beers that are brewed with both malted barley and malted wheat, rather than usingjust barley. The addition of wheat will lend wheatbeers a lighter flavor and somewhat paler colorthan most all barley ales and beers. Wheat beer is normally top fermented, which is fermentationwith ale yeast.

All types of wheat beers have become very popularin the last several years, especially in warmweather. In earlier centuries, the brewing of wheat beer was illegal in many places, simply because wheat was too important as both bread andcereal to waste it with brewing beers.

The two most important varieties of wheat beersare Belgian and German.

Belgian Belgian wheat beers are easily the best known,as they get their name from the suspended wheatproteins which give it the whitish color. Belgianwhite beers often have spices such as coriander or orange peels added, which help to give thema hint of fruity flavor.

GermanGerman wheat beer is a well known variation throughthe sourthern part of the country. The German yeast wheat is a variety in which the yeast isn'tfiltered out. The filtration will take the yeastout, and also strips wheat proteins which willmake it appear cloudy.

A lot of microbrewers in the United States as well as Canada that make their own variations ofwheat beer, which is particularly popular in Portland Oregon, which is considered to be thebeer capital.

In Europe, wheat beer is normally served in specialtypes of wheat beer glasses. In Belgium they arenormally solid glasses. Other countries will takehalf a liter, in which the glasses are normallytall and slim, tapering slightly towards thebase.

In the United States, wheat beer is normally servedwith a slice of lemon.

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