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wheat beer

wheat beer

1 3.7
A light pale beer made with a lot of wheat, often cloudy and fizzy
  • noun
  • /wiːt bɪr/
translation icon : cerveza de trigo
  • He ordered a refreshing wheat beer to enjoy with his spicy fish tacos.
  • Belgian wheat beer

Examples

  • Where you put down that monk-brewed Belgian wheat beer... because the party's down to three beast lights and a bottle of pucker.

    Gone Girl (2014)

  • Boson de Higgs beer is a wheat beer that combines sour, smoky, and spicy flavors... and it's made with real bosons.

    Blog text (21)

  • If a sour, smoky, spicy wheat beer isn't to your taste, there's Flying Monkeys Super Collider Double IPA, a brew from Ontario.

    Blog text (21)

  • After a hot day, my favorite way to relax is with a chilled wheat beer on the patio.

  • Many craft breweries offer a variety of wheat beers, each with unique flavors and aromas.

Synonyms

Weissbier
vswheat beer
9.6

A pale cloudy beer made from wheat that comes from Bavaria in Germany

is the general pale cloudy top fermented style not tied to Bavaria
white beer
vswheat beer
4.9

A pale cloudy beer made from wheat and lightly fizzy

is the broader descriptive term for the same pale cloudy top fermented style
Weizenbier
vswheat beer
8.0

A pale cloudy beer from Germany made mostly from wheat

is the general top fermented pale cloudy style not limited to that region
Weizenbock
vswheat beer
9.9

A strong German wheat beer with rich fruity and spicy taste

is the usual lighter top fermented pale cloudy style not a strong bock variant

Surface Forms

wheat beer singular
wheat beers plural

Morphology

wheat + beer

The meaning 'a beer brewed with a high proportion of wheat' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wheat' (a cereal) with 'beer' (a brewed beverage) — it denotes beer made from wheat. This noun+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Wheat beer comes from using a lot of wheat to make the beer instead of just barley, and that wheat gives the drink a pale, slightly cloudy look and a light, fruity taste. So today wheat beer means a light, often cloudy 'beer' brewed with much wheat.