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How To Brew an American Wheat Beer: Mastering the Grainy Goodness of the U.S. Brew Scene

By Steve Thanos • Updated Oct 5, 2024
COLOR3 - 6 SRM
OG1.040 - 1.055
FG1.008 - 1.013
IBU15 - 30
ABV4.0 - 5.5%
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American Wheat Beer is an example of the youthfulness of the American brewing scene. As a brewing ingredient, the history of wheat extends all the way back to the beginning of agriculture.

Mostly it has been known to have ties to Germany and Belgium at around 1500.

The anti-German sentiment that hovered over America after World War I and the beginning throws of Prohibition ensured that this style would be stomped into the ground. This style was left for dead during the 1800s.

Then suddenly the