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  • Hefeweizen
  • 5% ABV
  • Label approved Sep 16

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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour

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Midwest Coast Brewing Company's Hefeweizen. Label approved 16 September 2026; not spotted yet.

Lighter than 59% of the 130 Hefeweizen labels we've read.

From the label

“From one season to the next we watch for signs & warm the soul. The fresh green shoots of spring turn to bud, flowers, & fade. The heat of summer washes over us wave & wave. For each shift in the weather and change in our routine we have a beer that meets the moment.”

How to serve it

Serve at
42–48°F (6–9°C)
Glass
Weizen glass: tall with a wide top for the big head wheat beers throw

About 150–170 calories and 13–19 g carbs

About 100 of those calories come from the alcohol.

General guidance for Hefeweizen. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools

Where to find it

No account neededTell me when it's out

Not spotted yet. We'll write the day it is.

One email when it's first spotted — on a list we check, in a scan, or in the brewery's announcement. Nothing else, and a stop link in it.

We track beers, we don't sell them, so no stock promises. These are the searches we'd run for this one.

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About this beer

This is the 15th of 21 labels we have from Midwest Coast Brewing Company. It is one of 18 hefeweizen labels approved in September 2026. Its label was approved 2 days after it was submitted. The label carries fruited on the front.

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Brew it

A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.

The bench sheet

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Style: WheatBrewery: Midwest Coast Brewing Company