Flavour group
Wheat & fruity
Wheat-based beers with soft body and pronounced fruit character, from banana-and-clove Bavarian to spiced Belgian white.
A BeerHQ grouping for finding beer, not an official classification. No style body recognises these, and that is fine — they exist to bridge the gap between how a beer tastes and what it is called.
Suits you if
- Finds most beer too bitter and wants flavour from somewhere else.
- Likes aromatic drinks and does not mind cloudiness.
- Is drinking in warm weather but wants more character than a lager.
May not suit
- Anyone who dislikes banana or clove — those notes are the style working correctly, not a fault.
- Drinkers who want a dry, crisp finish.
The shape of this group
9 styles in this group
- Alcohol-free wheat beer
An alcohol-free wheat beer — often the most convincing of the category, because wheat body and yeast esters survive dealcoholisation well.
- Weissbier
Bavarian wheat beer defined by its yeast: pronounced banana and clove over a soft, cloudy, highly carbonated body.
- Kristallweizen
A filtered Weissbier: the same banana-and-clove character in a brilliantly clear beer with a lighter, crisper body.
- Dunkelweizen
A dark Bavarian wheat beer where banana and clove meet bread crust and light caramel from Munich malt.
- Roggenbier
A German rye beer, spicy and full-bodied, fermented with Weissbier yeast for banana and clove alongside rye’s pepper.
- Witbier
A Belgian wheat beer brewed with unmalted wheat, coriander and orange peel — soft, hazy, citrusy and lightly spiced.
- White IPA
A hybrid of witbier and IPA: wheat and Belgian yeast spice underneath American hop aroma.
- Sahti
A Finnish farmhouse ale filtered through juniper branches and fermented with baking yeast — banana, juniper and no hops.
- Weizenbock
A strong wheat beer combining Weissbier yeast character with bock malt depth — banana and clove over dark fruit and bread.