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Fiege Weizen if you want a cloudier, more textured wheat beer with real grip;
Löwenbräu Weisse if you want something rounder and safer.
Both hit 5.1% ABV and 14 IBUs identically, but they're built differently—Fiege feels more traditional Münster, Löwenbräu feels more Munich-polished. It's the difference between a weizen that leans into yeast character versus one that smooths it out.
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Tasting notes
Fiege Weizen
Fiege's got that proper haze and a dense, creamy head that sticks around. The banana and clove come through immediately, but there's a drier finish than you'd expect—a slight peppery bite on the back end that keeps you coming back. It feels less processed, more like what a weizen tasted like before the megabreweries sanitized the style.
Löwenbräu Weisse
Löwenbräu Weisse is the polished version—cleaner yeast presentation, softer spice, almost honeyed sweetness underneath. The carbonation is tighter and more refined. It's approachable, almost creamy in the middle, but it doesn't linger or surprise you. Very well-executed, zero flaws, but also zero edges.
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