"Those who call it Hefeweizen will go to hell! It's proper name is "Weißbier"!"


Weissbier isn't exactly the same animal.
It is a wheat beer-yes-but it is NOT bottled with active yeast in it.
Hefeweizen is,thus,the different nomenclature.

Err..no. Weißbier is the older, Bavarian name for Hefeweizen. It's one and the same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissbier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_beer


Etymologically, "weiss" does not mean "white", but refers to "wheat" (the modern German name for wheat is "Weizen", so "weiz" and "weiss" are phonetically related; the term "weizen" developed from "weiss", after the light color of the the grain as well as it's flour). Weißbier therefore means nothing else but wheatbeer.

Another reasons it's called "Weißbier" is that mid-19th century, some brewers in Munich replaced the dark malted barley with lighter malted wheat - or, more correctly, mixed light and dark malt, so the term weiss became a play of words (the color of Weißbier depends on the measure between barley and wheat malt). But originally, "weiss" is old-Bavarian for "wheat".

Whether or not the final fermentation process happens in the bottle or in a large tank depends solely on the brewery/ brand. Traditionally, the yeast ferments inside the bottle, which is called "Flaschengärung" in German.

I should know, since I am currently drinking one of these: http://www.steerweisse.de/ (which ranks among the best Weissbiere I have ever had). Look at the label which says "Original Flaschengärung".

Ok, now you in turn are free to lecture me on Southern gravy, and grits.....

You can sure believe whatever you want to believe.
I'll go with what I learned from the beer expert,Michael Jackson(RIP),any day.

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