Beer Fact: Hefeweizen
Hefeweizen literally means wheat beer with yeast. Weizen or weissbier is the Bavarian style of wheat ale. Hefe is the German word for yeast. Hefewiezen should be cloudly and sometimes even murky. This is due to the high protein of the wheat as well as being unfiltered of yeast.
Some places in Bavaria will keep some extra yeast slurry just in case you want a little more in your beer; just ask for it mit hefe…
February 10th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
When are you going to write about MILWAUKEE’S BEST ICE? It’s $3 a 6-pack, which comes out to, let’s see, uh….FIFTY CENTS A CAN! That’s not too bad. Sometimes FOODLAND gets MILWAUKEE’S BEST ICE 40-ouncers, which is an even better deal. I think they’re like $1.29 or something.
That beer you write about will break your wallet in half after you drink twelve or fifteen of them. You should write about real beer for real folks, not just about these fancy megabuck beers.
February 11th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Don’t hold your breath waiting for an article about Milwaukee’s best anything… There is nothing positive to write about it, other than the price, which you have already covered.
As far as breaking your wallet, I am trying to get folks to taste more and drink less. You get what you pay for, so instead of buying a 12 pack of swill, buy a six pack of decent beer that has character and flavor.
I am writing about “Real Beer”. Hefeweizen for instance has been brewed in Bavaria well before Yuengling or Anheuser Busch started crushing their grains. The last I checked, the Germans were “Real Folks”. They just happen to be real folks who like good beer!