Berliner Weisse is low-alcohol German wheat beer that is pale in color and a refreshing, clean lactic sourness with high carbonation.
There is a light bread dough malt flavor that helps to support the sourness. Often at times, these beers are accompanied with fruit syrups.
The Tart Beer of Germany
In Germany at the time, the Bavarian brewers were following the Reinheitsgebot rules and lagers were all the rage in southern Germany.
Brewers in Central and Northern Geremany were more influenced by the beer being brewed in neighboring Belgium and Poland. This was the birth of the tart style called Berliner Weisse