What is "wheat beer"

n. a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent [syn: Weissbier, white beer]

Wheat beer is a beer, usually top-fermented, which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are Weissbier and Witbier; minor types include Lambic, Berliner Weisse and Gose.