Hefeweissen season again!

Yes my favorite beer time of the year. Schells Hefe is available. So far this year I've had Schell's, sweetwater (waterkeeper) New Glarus Dancing Man, Sierra Nevada, and I have a six pack of Schlafly cans (!!) cooling in the fridge to try over the weekend.

Anyone else a summer hefe fan?

These used to be my favorite, but I've got a taste for hops these days. I did try a few hoppy wheats a while back that were alright though. Regardless, enjoy your tasty brews!

Live oak hefe
Weihenstephaner hefe
Paulaner hefe
franziskaner hefe
Krombacher hefe

Some of my favorites.

I'm with you. Hefe is good stuff. Very refreshing.

Ah, readily available Hefeweissen is one thing I definitely miss about Germany

One of my favorite styles! Very easy to brew as well.

Can't think of a better style for a good refreshing hot weather beer. Can you?

tukyou said:

Can't think of a better style for a good refreshing hot weather beer. Can you?

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i like IPA's, but a hefeweizen will work as well!

IPAs aren't my hot weather beer of choice due to the alcohol content. I like them to be under 5% if I can help it, though I target 5.5% when I make a hefe. Anything higher than that takes it out of the session beer range. Even 5% is on the upper end of session beers.

Edcculus said:

IPAs aren't my hot weather beer of choice due to the alcohol content. I like them to be under 5% if I can help it, though I target 5.5% when I make a hefe. Anything higher than that takes it out of the session beer range. Even 5% is on the upper end of session beers.

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I do agree about the lower alcohol IPA's, i usually get lower end IPA's for a summer day if i cant find my favorite hefe's.

My favorite local craft beer. There IPA is excellent but this is my fav.



http://middleagesbrewing.com/beers/wailing-wench

Schells is releasing a sampling of various Weiss beers for the summer it's pretty awesome.

http://mnbeer.com/2014/06/25/schells-weizen-series/

Not sure it counts as a Heffe, but I had a Snapshot from New Belgium last night. Very good. It's labelled a Pale Wheat Ale. If it's still out when I make my next beer run, I'll definately pick some up.

ByMyBeard said:

Not sure it counts as a Heffe, but I had a Snapshot from New Belgium last night. Very good. It's labelled a Pale Wheat Ale. If it's still out when I make my next beer run, I'll definately pick some up.

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Actually its a hybrid mixup of an unfiltered American Wheat/ Berlinerweiss / Witbier.