n. A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.
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n. a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
Word Usage
"Blue Moon, made by the Coors Corporation, is a Belgian style white beer, made from white wheat - a form of hefeweizen which is referred to as weissbier in its place of origin."