wheat beer

Noun
  1. A general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation;
    Usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent (synset 107904440)
    domain region: deutschland, federal republic of germany, frg, germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
    is a type of: ale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
    subtypes:
    • weizenbier - a general name in southern Germany for wheat beers
    • weizenbock - a German wheat beer of bock strength
    same as: weissbier, white beer

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