Description

Festival German Weiss Beer

Festival German Weiss is a high-quality premium 3kg beer kit. Everything you need to brew a superb Weiss Bier is included in the box (except water).  Festival German Weiss has a deliciously smooth and full-bodied bubble gum flavour, with a delicate and lingering clove-like aftertaste, with hints of bananas. The beer is a dark straw colour with a white head.  This Festival beer kit provides a dark straw finish with a white head

Festival provide a 150g sachet of priming sugar to ensure proper conditioning of bottles or barrels.

Hop bitterness of the German Weiss is 1.5 (on a scale of 1-5). The kit produces a target alcohol content of 4.8% ABV (approx)

What is a Weiss Bier?

Weißbier translates as “white beer”, but brewers derive the name from Weizenbier, meaning wheat beer. Bavaria traditionally produces Weißbier as a German wheat beer style. Brewers replace a significant portion of malted barley with malted wheat.

German law requires Weißbier to use top-fermenting ale yeast. This yeast produces distinctive fermentation flavours and aromas. It creates banana and clove notes as natural by-products of fermentation.

Weißbier delivers low hop bitterness, typically around 15 IBUs. High carbonation balances the beer’s malty sweetness and enhances refreshment. The yeast produces a phenolic character often described as clove-like or spicy. Some drinkers also detect smoky or medicinal notes in the flavour.

In addition, the yeast can produce banana, bubble gum, and vanilla flavours. These characteristics define the classic Weißbier flavour profile. Weißbier differs clearly from Belgian Witbier in both ingredients and origin.

What’s included?

• 3kg Premium Liquid Hopped Malt Extract, Barley Extract ( Gluten)
• 350g Dextrose Brewing Sugar
• Genuine Brewer’s Yeast Sachet
• 150g Priming Sugar

            Allergy Advice: Includes barley and other cereals, containing gluten

Specifications

• Kit weight: 3.5kg
• Makes: 40 pints / 5 gallons
• ABV Approx: 4.8%
• Target Finishing Gravity: 1.011 (approx)
• Fermentation time: 7 days (approx)
• Conditioning time: 4 weeks

WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU NEED?

Basic beer making equipment (5g fermenter, airlock, syphon tube with sediment trap, hydrometer, Suresan sanitiser, bottles or barrel). These are available under the starter kit section on this website.

Food Pairing

Cheese is a perfect match for this style’s fruit and clove-like flavours with creamier, almost buttery cheeses like Edam, herbed goat cheese, or soft cheese. Cured sausages and smoked hams also pair well with Weiss Bier.

TIPS

We strongly recommend using Pure Brew with this kit to achieve commercial-quality beer. Pure Brew acts as a professional beer enhancer and improves fermentation performance. It feeds yeast essential nutrients and supports strong fermentation, even in low oxygen conditions. Additionally, it treats brewing water and removes chlorine and chloramine. These compounds can cause unwanted “homebrew” flavours in the finished beer. Brewing water quality plays a key role in final beer quality. However, many homebrewers often overlook this important factor. Pure Brew helps you easily condition water and improve fermentation results.

Furthermore, beer finings improve clarity and final presentation. Harris Beer Brite clears beer quickly and helps sediment settle at the bottom. This works especially well for bottles and barrels after fermentation. If you use Corny Kegs, clear the beer as much as possible before kegging. Finings help sediment and haze particles drop out more efficiently before packaging. Harris Starbrite provides a highly effective vegan-friendly fining option. As a result, homebrewers achieve clearer, better-looking, and better-tasting beer.