WEISSBIERPILS

AKA:
WeiPi (pronounced "veye-pee")

Pronunciation guide for English-speakers:
"vice-beer-pilss"

Definition:
Weissbierpils is Germany's youngest beer style, created by Brewmaster Hubert Brandl in 2005 and first brought to market by the Adler Bräu of Amerdingen and the Fürst Wallerstein Brauhaus AG in Wallertstein, both in Bavaria. This "white beer pilsner," or WeiPi for short, is a hybrid brew made by blending Germany's most popular beer, Pils (see there), a barley-based lager which holds about 61% of the German and 20% of the Bavarian market with Germany's third-most popular beer, Weissbier (see there), a wheat-based ale which holds about 8.5% of the German and 35% of the Bavarian market. The blending occurs in the cellar during fermentation at a ratio of 53% Weissbier and 47% Pils. The resulting beer has about 5.2% alcohol by volume and combines what some believe is the best of both possible worlds, namely the Weissbier's fruity-spicy notes and the Pils' clean-tasting, assertive up-front bitterness. As of February 2006, eleven German breweries were making WeiPi under Herr Brandl's license.