Back before the likes of IPAs and Imperial Stouts took the American beer world by storm, Hefeweizen was one of the few beer styles American drinkers embraced when looking for a break from pale lagers.

Order a glass of hefeweizen, and you will see it coming from across the bar. In a sea of yellow and brown glasses capped by mainsails of foamy, white heads, the lemon wedge spinnaker on a hefeweizen ...

Beer Style: “Hefeweizen” literally translates to “yeast wheat” and is a style of beer made with, according to German brewing law, at least 50 percent wheat malt and produced with the yeast still in ...

While wheat beers are popular in the spring and summer months, there’s really no wrong time of year to enjoy a standard wheat beer, witbier, hefeweizen, weizenbock, dunkelweizen, lambic, or even a ...

A few years ago, a friend turned me onto Schöfferhofer’s Grapefruit Hefeweizen while we were celebrating the end of summer at Plattduetsche Park’s beer garden in Franklin Square. What a treat; it is ...

Every bar has house rules that may extend beyond no shirt, no shoes, no service. If you're at Zeitgeist in the Mission District, for instance, wear patchouli at your own risk. And at Cerveceria de ...

Wheat beers have been around for centuries. They may be divided into four categories: Bavarian and American Hefeweizen, Berliner Weisse and Belgian Wit Beer. Having recently covered Belgians, I’ve ...

Available: On tap at the brewery. My thoughts: To celebrate the end of October and his brewery’s second anniversary, Double Bluff head brewer and owner Daniel Thomis brewed up five German-style beers.