Live Oak Hefeweizen. One of the best-rated wheat beers in America, this Austin, Texas-made 5.3 percent ABV hefeweizen is brewed to taste like the classic wheat beers of Germany.

At best, your hefe should be bubbly with enough light, bready malt to let you know what you're drinking and some cloves and maybe even some summery banana notes to wrap the whole thing in a nice bow.

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A few years ago, a friend turned me onto Schöfferhofer’s Grapefruit Hefeweizen while we were celebrating the end of summer at Plattduetsche Park’s beer garden in Franklin Square. What a treat ...

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As the name implies, the beer is a hefeweizen, the German style that relies on wheat for its base. HefeWheaties, we were only somewhat disappointed to learn, does not include actual Wheaties.