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.

Wheat beers are set apart by grain bills that lean heavier into wheat than other styles with their more typical malted barley-forward recipes. The result are crisp refreshers that conjure up images of ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are few beers better on a hot summer day than a pint of hefeweizen. The German beer style translates to "yeast-wheat," which makes sense, since they're loaded with the stuff -- typically, the ...

Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage (or food) that pairs well with sports. Yes, even cookie ...

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 ...

Fightin’ Hokies Hefeweizen, a traditional Bavarian wheat beer made in 16-ounce cans, can now be purchased in select Virginia grocery stores, restaurants and independent bottle shops throughout the ...

What it is: Among the world’s most iconic hefeweizens — if not the most iconic of them all — from what claims to be “the world’s oldest brewery.” (Says so right there on the label!) Hefeweizen has, ...

Wired teamed up with the Public Library of Science (PLoS) staff in the latest October Madness challenge to taste and vote on some of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's lesser-known varieties. Sierra is ...