White Beer

The white beers are Bière S brewed with a strong proportion of wheat not malted. There exist mainly 2 beer " traditions; blanche": in Belgium and Bavaria (Weizenbier).

The Belgians are often light beers, titrating approximately 5  % of alcohol, with the Taste acid and refreshing. One always associates to them spice S like the Coriandre or of the barks of bitter oranges.

The Bavarian ones contain only malt and hop; various levels of torrefaction of malt differentiate the " categories; Hell" (clear) and " Dunkel" (sinks). The " hell" filtered " is called; Kristal".

Technical data

  • average Contents:

    • in Malt of Barley: 50 - 60%
    • wheat not malted: 10 - 50%
    • malt of wheat: 25 - 50%
    • oats/buckwheat: 0,1 - 5%

  • Characteristic:

    • color: 2 to 4 SRM
    • bitterness: 10 to 20 IBU
    • density: between 1.008 and 1.015
    • pH: 4 - 4,5

History

In Belgium the area of origin of white is Leuwen and its neighborhoods, which had been made a name concerning the production of a rather drinkable beer about the 14th century. In the small town of Hoegaarden of the monks were at the origin of the use of Coriandre and barks of orange Curaçao to refine beer. At the time this area belonged to the Netherlands and they benefitted from their good contacts with the Dutch merchants who dominated the market of the spice S at the time. After disappearhaving almost disappeared from the market in the Fifties, started again by Pierre Celis starting from 1966 and having been a success striking down in the student's medium in Belgium with the beginning of the year 1980, it is produced today in many countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Canada and the United States.

About the middle of the 19th century G. Lacambre, engineer and old directing of brewery with Leuven scientifically analyzed the various methods of production from white and tried to improve them. These studies are described in its complete Traité of the manufacture of beers and the distillation of the grains, potatoes, wines, beets, molasses, etc published in 1851. This work was also used as reference to AD. Frentz in 1872 for its Book of pocket of the white beer manufacturer published in Brussels by printing works Laurent brothers.

Mixing

They are beers of high fermentation and not filtered containing wheat not malted, which gives them this milky aspect which is at the origin of their name. Nowadays, the Levure used is the Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The name of “white” often involves a confusion due in the phonetic vicinity of the words German S Weizen (wheat) and Weiß (white). It may be well that the Moyen-âge the methods of manufacture of two beers strongly resembled each other. However nowadays we are opposite two types of very different beers. The beers of German origin are always brewed containing wheat malt as well as hop, but they never contain other not malted cereal spices nor. The Weizenbier or Weissbier (Bavarian term for Weizenbier ) can thus be regarded as another kind of beer, just like for example Gueuzes which is turbid and contains they also wheat, but for that are not called “white”.

Some white beers

  • German Beers :
    • Andechser Hefeweissbier
    • Erdinger Hefe Weissbier
    • Hofbräu Münchner Weisse
    • Löwenbräu Hefe Weissbier
    • Maisel' S Weisse
    • Paulaner Hefe - Weissbier
    • Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen
    • Schneider Weisse Original
    • Franziskaner Weissbier

  • Belgian Beers :
    • White of Charleroi , Brewery of the Valley of Sambre, Gozée (in the past brewed by the Desmedt Brewery)
    • White of the Lion for Delhaize by Brewery De Smedt, Opwijk (Belgium)
    • White of Hoegaarden and Hoegaarden special , Inbev, Hoegaarden Brewery, Hoegaarden
    • Brugs Tarwebier , White Brewery of Gouden Boom, Brugge
    • of Honnelles , White Abbey of the rocks, Montignies-on-Rock
    • Wittekerke , Bavik Brewery, Bavikhove
    • White Brunehaut , Brewery Brunehaut
    • White of Namur , Brewery of Bocq, Purnode
    • white Beer of Haecht , White Haacht Brewery, Boortmeerbeek
    • of snows , Florisgaarden Witbier , Brewery L. Huyghe van Miss, White Miss
    • of Brussels , Brewery Lefebvre, Quenast
    • White Steendonk , White Palm Brewery, Steenhuffel
    • Dentergems , Brasserie Rivetted, Dentergem
    • MATER white beer , Brasserie Novel, Audenarde
    • Limburgse Witte , St.Josef Brewery, Bree
    • Watou' switbier , Brewery Van Eecke, Watou
    • Vlaamsch Wit , Brewery Van Honsebrouck, Ingelmunster
    • Applebocq , Brewery of Bocq, Purnode

  • Dutch Beers :

    • Wieckse witte , Heineken
    • Leeuw wit beer and Winterwit , Brewery De Leeuw, Fauquemont
    • Witte Raaf , Arcense Bierbrouwerij, Arcen
    • Korenwolf , Gulpener Bierbrouwerij, Gulpen
    • Witte Wieven , Brouwerij Maasland, OSI

  • Other countries:

    • White Hermine , Rock-Saint-Andre (Brittany)
    • White of Rédange , Rédange (Luxembourg) does not exist any more since February 2006
    • Celis White (in Europe), Brasserie De Smet, Celis Brewery, Austin, Texas (the United States)
    • Blanche of Chambly , Unibroue, Chambly, Quebec (Canada)
    • White Cheval , Brasserie R.J., Quebec (Canada)

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