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Description
A refreshing, flavorful filtered wheat beer. The perfect beer
to accompany a meal or for a summer's day. The wheat contributes
a lighter flavor while maintaining a rich body. The beer has
a light hop profile -- just enough to give the beer balance
and complexity. The light fruitiness is derived from a Kölsch
yeast strain. A chill haze may be present, which is a characteristic
of wheat beers.
Saint Arnold Texas Wheat is best consumed at 40-45°
Fahrenheit.
Recommended pairings: Quiche, roasted veggies, grilled salmon, & sushi.
Wins
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Ingredients
Malted Barley:
We use 50% malted wheat and 50% malted two-row barley in this
recipe. Malted wheat, which is very expensive, is difficult
to mash because of its lack of husk. For this reason, it is
rare in this country for wheat beers to contain more than 30%
wheat or to be brewed with two-row barley (six-row barley has
more husk per pound). Our 50% wheat recipe is more representative
of a traditional German formulation.
Hops:
We use Pacific Northwest hop varieties. A small addition of
Perle hops early in the brewing process balances the Texas
Wheat's sweetness, while two additions of Liberty hops contribute
a hint of floral character.
Water
Yeast
Specifications
Original Gravity: 1.049 (12.5° Plato)
Color: Golden Yellow
Bitterness: 18 IBU
Alcohol Content: By weight - 3.9%; By volume - 4.9%
History and Trivia
Debuted August 1994.
Saint Arnold Texas Wheat used to be called Saint Arnold Kristall Weizen. The new name makes it a lot easier for people to know what they're drinking.
A lot of the work on developing this beer was done in test brews in front of DeFalco's (back when it was on Morningside next door to the GingerMan.) Since the Amber Ale was our first beer, we wanted something lighter for our second one. We decided to go the route of an American wheat ale and to filter it. This beer has been a favorite for people coming out to the brewery since we introduced it.
We did make a change to the recipe about 5 years ago when we switched from our house Saint Arnold ale yeast to the crisper, cleaner Kölsch yeast (which we brought into the brewery when we started brewing Fancy Lawnmower Beer.)
Michael Jackson (the beer writer, not the one-gloved wonder) included our Texas Wheat (under the Kristall Weizen moniker) in one of his books. We believe his primary impetus for choosing this one was he wanted to include a Kristall Weizen. We always thought it our most unlikely beer to be profiled by him.
On a side note, he also gave us one of our most cherished compliments. Back in the summer of 1994 when we had just opened, Jackson was brought by our brewery during a whirlwind tour of the state with the Southwest Brewing News crew. During that year, it seemed that everybody was opening a brewery and a lot were doing it because it was a great "concept". After he left us, he commented to the Southwest Brewing News people, "I liked those guys. They weren't full of shit."
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