3191-PC
Berliner Weisse
BJCP 23A
European Sour Ale
Overall Impression:
Bayerischer Bahnhof Berliner Style Weisse, Berliner Kindl Weisse, Nodding Head Berliner Weisse, The Bruery Hottenroth
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A very pale, refreshing, low-alcohol German wheat beer with a clean lactic sourness and a very high carbonation level. A light bread dough malt flavor supports the sourness, which shouldn’t seem artificial. Any Brettanomyces funk is restrained.
Commercial Examples:Bayerischer Bahnhof Berliner Style Weisse, Berliner Kindl Weisse, Nodding Head Berliner Weisse, The Bruery Hottenroth
Yeast strains to use:
1007
German Ale
2565
Kölsch
5335
Lactobacillus buchneri
5526
Brettanomyces lambicus
5223-PC