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 ...

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 ...

Widmer Brothers Brewing started in 1984, when six breweries controlled 90 percent of the American beer market. With the help of family, including their father, Ray, brothers Kurt and Rob Widmer opened ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ever since I took my first sip of a wheat-style beer in college, it’s been my brew of choice. It’s easy to toss back a few without feeling too full—or for that matter, too tipsy. Garnish with a lemon ...

Last summer, on a whim, a former associate brewer at Scuttlebutt Brewing took a keg of the brewery’s flagship hefeweizen and threw in some cut up pineapple and pineapple puree. After letting it rest ...

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 ...