Schoeps
This heavy wheat beer (6.0-7.0% ABV) hails from the Polish city of Wrocław, formerly German-speaking Breslau. Despite being brewed traditionally from a base of 80% malted wheat, it tends to have more malty than wheat character, with little hop presence and none of the German banana-clove elements or Belgian spiciness.
Weizenbock
Weizenbock (6.5-9.0% ABV) is a relatively recent arrival, in German brewing terms, dating from the early 20th century. It shares the grain-driven body of a Dunkles Bock , but takes a banana and clove character from its wheat-pointing ale yeast. These are not easy beers to make, the avoidance of cloying sweetness relying on decoction mashing and the fermentation temperature needing careful control to avoid a phenolic character. That said, a well-made one keeps far longer than a typical wheat beer.
Wheat Wine
First brewed in 1988 in the US, in contrast to other wheat beers Wheat Wine can take a high hop content and taste frankly hoppy without going weird on the palate. The best are complex and robust sipping beers (8.0-12.0% ABV), some good enough to withstand ageing in oak. Its roots are in American wheat beer, with more than 50% of the mash likely to be malted wheat, though its ambitions are aimed firmly at American Barleywine. It is not a style that has travelled much – though it should.
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