How to Use hefeweizen in a Sentence

hefeweizen

noun
  • So hefeweizens are wheat beers, but not all wheat beers are hefeweizens.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Pork sausages and Hefeweizens can also be great.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • Lagers, pale ales, hefeweizens, stouts, and Kölsch beers are all on the menu.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Hefeweizens also pair with a variety of lighter dishes, like salads and seafood, but also stand up to spicier food well, too.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Hefeweizens are also fairly complex, and many will impart hints of nutmeg, vanilla or a whiff of light smokiness.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The Bavarian burger with cranberry mayo goes well with an alcohol‑free Gutmann hefeweizen.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • Naturally, early American craft brewers came up with their own version of hefeweizens.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Other breweries will also offer hefeweizens, pilsners, dunkels, festbiers and lagers throughout the weekend.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Many craft breweries brew a hefeweizen these days, often as their lightest offering, in both the Bavarian or American style.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • By the early 1870s, brewers like Schneider Weisse— still making wheat beers today — pioneered the first modern hefeweizens.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Another feature of hefeweizens is their big, pillowy heads, often accentuated by being served in a very tall Weizen glass, which is narrow at the bottom and wider at the top to promote generous froth.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Made with a mix of hazy, golden Bavarian-style hefeweizen and tangy, sweet-and-sour grapefruit soda, this beer features aromas of citrus zest and banana bread, and is a great option to sip poolside or during a camping trip.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 25 June 2026

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