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Styles · Weizenbock

Beer style · BJCP 2021 10C

Weizenbock

German Wheat Beer

Published ranges These are the ranges the BJCP 2021 guidelines publish for this style.

Original gravity
1.064–1.090
Final gravity
1.015–1.022
Bitterness
15–30 IBU
Color
6–25 SRM (12–49 EBC)
Alcohol
6.5–9.0 % ABV

What it is

A weissbier scaled up to bock strength, with intensified yeast character, dark fruit and real alcohol warmth. Pale and dark versions both exist, and either way the malt richness has to carry the strength. It should read complex and warming without ever tasting hot.

Flavor

What a Weizenbock should taste like, on the three wheels the studio scores every recipe against. The shaded ring is the style’s range on each axis, from 0 at the center to 5 at the edge.

Hops

Hops stay in the background: none of their character belongs.

Malt

Grainy, bready/biscuit, toasty and sweet/honey, with room for caramel or dark fruit.

Fermentation

Fruity esters, banana and clove, with room for clean.

Hops that suit it

The traditional choice

What Weizenbock has classically been brewed with.

Nothing else on character: the hops here are there for bitterness and balance, and any variety whose aroma you would notice is out of place.

Yeasts that suit it

Strains the lab made for beers like this one, whose fermentation character sits inside the style’s wheel. A strain sold by several labs is listed once; its page names the others.

Style numbers, names and vital statistics are from the BJCP 2021 Beer Style Guidelines, where you will find the official descriptions. The descriptions and flavor wheels here are Beerwright’s own. Beerwright is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BJCP.