wheat beer

American  

[weet beer, hweet] / ˈwit ˌbɪər, ˈʰwit /

noun

1. any of various beers brewed with a substantial amount of malted or raw wheat mixed with the barley malt.

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wheat beer British  

noun

1. any of various beers brewed using a mixture of wheat malt and barley malt

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Etymology

Origin of wheat beer

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Brasserie du Baril brewery offers a “Baril Originale” inspired by American beers, and a “Baril White,” which resembles a German wheat beer.

From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2018

Here he is in short shorts fleeing a shower of wheat beer, here drowning in Paulaner brew frothing like sea foam, here draped in a white towel looking like Moses or a Madonna.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2018

A wheat beer cloaked in burnt black grain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2018

But it also employs other tricks for quality control, including one common among wheat beer producers: When sending kegs to restaurants and bars, the company instructs distributors to ship them upside down.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2018

I live upon loaves, white wheat, beer, red wheat....

From On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay by Seebohm, Hugh E. (Hugh Exton)