The History of Urweisse

Old-fashioned wheat beer was often dark. In the 1950s and 1960s, wheat beers did not have a youthful image, since most older people drank them for their health-giving qualities.

Taste

Amber in color, dry in palate, very fruity, bursting with flavor. A complex beer with suggestions of soft fruit, apple, and, in the finish, perhaps even cloves. Extraordinary as an aperitif.

Serving Suggestion

Sole with lemon beurre blanc, lemon chicken, hearty sausages, veal dishes, broiled game hen, game pie, venison, boar, corned beef sandwiches. Serve in tall vase-shaped weisse glass; a thin slice of lemon as garnish is a personal choice. The yeast is healthful and delicious. Serve in the classic Ayinger 17-ounce "weizen swirl" glass, or an oversized wine glass.

Accolades

Gold Medal, Dunkelweizen, European Beer Challenge May 2021

Gold Medal, South German Hefeweizen, European Beer Star November 2020

World's Best Dark Wheat Beer, World Beer Awards 2020

Gold Medal, Bernsteinfarben (Amber) Wheat Beer, European Beer Star November 2019

Germany Winner, Dark Wheat Beer, World Beer Awards 2019

Country Gold, World Beer Awards 2018

The Consumer's Favorite Gold Medal, European Beer Star Awards, 2017

World's Best Dark Wheat Beer - Gold Medal, World Beer Awards 2016

Gold Medal - Wheat/Wit/Rye, Canadian International Beer Awards 2016.

Gold Medal - Best of Germany, Canadian International Beer Awards 2016.

Silver Medal - US Open 2016. "German Wheat" as announced July 11, 2016. Here is the full list of winners.

Silver Medal - South German Style Hefeweizen "Bernsteinfarben," European Beer Star 2015

94 points, Gold Medal, World Beer Championships, 2015

Gold Medal, European Beer Star Awards, 2014, 2012 & 2011

Gold Medal "Weissbier" - Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2014, 2010

92 points: Wine Enthusiast Magazine "Wheat Beers," June 2013. Full review in .pdf

"1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die," selection, A. Tierney-Jones, 2010

Ratebeer.com: 95 points (June 2016)

Gold Medal & Top-Rated Dark Hefeweizen - World Beer Championships 2003, '04, '05, '06, '07, '12.

Platinum Medal - World Beer Championships 2001

Gold Medal - Deutschen Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft.

Product Sizes and Quantities

• 16.9-ounce (500 ml) bottles / 20 per case

Stats

ABV: 5.8% - OG: 1.053 - IBU: 12
Ingredients: Water, wheat malt, barley malt, hops, yeast.

Nutritional info: Serving Size - 12 oz. (355 ml). Calories: 206; Total Fat 0 g (0% Daily Value); Sodium 0 mg; Total Carbohydrates 14 g (5% DV); Sugars 0 g; Protein 2 g (4% DV). (Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet.)