German wheat beers are well-known for their heavy wheat, yeast, fruity, and sometimes lightly spiced flavor profile. Specifically, the popular hefeweizen is known for its yeasty, clove ...

What is a hefeweizen? “The word hefeweizen actually reveals a lot when translated from German,” says Skip Schwartz, head brewer at WeldWerks Brewing Co. in Greeley, Colorado. “Hefe means ...

The types of beer belonging to the "German beer" category are many and varied, from crisp, light, refreshing kölsch lager to hazy hefeweizen wheat ale, dark malty Dunkel, iconic German pilsner ...

and Oasteweizen Hefeweizen, in the German Hefeweizen category. The U.S. Open is unique, in that it is the only international brewery competition that includes both licensed breweries and the ...

Brooks. (Glen Martin/Denver Post) The American version of a German hefeweizen began with Widmer’s Hefeweizen, which differed from its Bavarian counterpart by using an ale yeast that did not ...