BLACKSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Fightin’ Hokies Hefeweizen — a Bavarian wheat beer created in partnership with Hardywood Park Craft Brewery and Virginia Tech — is now available in some Virginia grocery ...

Wheat is a grain that has been used for brewing for many years. In fact, we know the ancient Egyptians brewed with wheat and there’s a hieroglyphic to prove it. Let’s take a quick look at some of the ...

While wheat beers are popular in the spring and summer months, there’s really no wrong time of year to enjoy a standard wheat beer, witbier, hefeweizen, weizenbock, dunkelweizen, lambic, or even a ...

I love wheat beers. I have as long as I can remember. I’m pretty sure my first taste of a deliciously banana, clovey hefeweizen was Franziskaner, from Spaten Brewery in Munich, Germany. Back in the ...

Ever since I took my first sip of a wheat-style beer in college, it’s been my brew of choice. It’s easy to toss back a few without feeling too full—or for that matter, too tipsy. Garnish with a lemon ...

Wheat beers are beginning to pop up at local breweries and I thought it would be a good time to highlight some versions of this easy-drinking historic brewing grain. I remember my first taste of a ...

Schöfferhofer Wheat Beer mixes have always stirred up happiness. Many people who are fans of the fruity beer first fell in love with the tangy, sparkling 50/50 mix of wheat beer and grapefruit ...

With significantly warmer temperatures here recently, I switched from cool-weather beers to ones that are the most refreshing on a warm or hot day. My go-tos in the summer are typically lighter brews ...

Widmer Brothers Brewing started in 1984, when six breweries controlled 90 percent of the American beer market. With the help of family, including their father, Ray, brothers Kurt and Rob Widmer opened ...

Picture modern beer, and you likely imagine a brew that’s beautifully bright and clear, shimmering in the sunshine through a pint glass. Then came the hazy IPA and hazy pale ale. Today, a sizeable ...

We can debate the best summer beer style for days. Is it a hoppy pale ale? A crisp pilsner? Perhaps, a piney, bitter IPA? Or maybe it’s a flavorful wheat beer? At least for today, we’ll go with the ...