How to Pour a Wheat Beer

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How to Pour a Wheat Beer

If you do it the wrong way, you'll get problems pouring a "Hefeweizen" in the glass. Use "the bavarian technics" to enjoy this delicious beer :-)

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Wheat beer with its special flavour is a great (summer-)drink. In Germany, esp. in Bavaria we call it "Weissbier" or "Hefe-Weizen" (the prefix "hefe" is German for yeast). So let's start . . .

Wheat beer with its special flavour is a great (summer-)drink. In Germany, esp. in Bavaria we call it "Weissbier" or "Hefe-Weizen" (the prefix "hefe" is German for yeast). So let's start . . .

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Don't try it in this way! Otherwise . . .

Don't try it in this way! Otherwise . . .

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. . . you get this - a lot of foam!

. . . you get this - a lot of foam!

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Take bottle and glass this way, keep a steady hand . . .

Take bottle and glass this way, keep a steady hand . . .

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. . . and go on . . .

. . . and go on . . .

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. . . until the bottle is nearly empty.

. . . until the bottle is nearly empty.

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To get the yeast out of the bottle, roll the bottle on a table.

To get the yeast out of the bottle, roll the bottle on a table.

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Pour the rest of the beer with the yeast to the glass.

Pour the rest of the beer with the yeast to the glass.

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That's it! Enjoy your wheat beer with freshly baked pretzels!

That's it! Enjoy your wheat beer with freshly baked pretzels!

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Prost! Cheers!

Prost! Cheers!

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4 Comments
Supplies

Wheat beer

A 500 ml, vase-shaped glass

Thomas Kohler

Zum Wohl!

Thomas Kohler 3 months ago

Michael Schoepperl

@Stefen Good idea :-)

(author) last year

Stefen Shurygin

Now I gotta go get a bottle!

Stefen Shurygin last year

George Murray

Nice guide!

George Murray last year

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Margit van Lehen

yummy :-)

Margit van Lehen last year