Abbaye des Rocs Blanche des Honnelles
74A strong wheat beer with plenty of taste, but a bit too chewy and heavy for my taste and a little dull on the whole.

Arran Blonde

Black Isle Organic Wheat Beer
68A Scottish take on this Belgian beer style. Over carbonation suggests that the sample was not quite as it should be.

Brasserie du Bocq Blanche de Namur
Wonderful citrus kick and underlying caramel... A little

Brauerei Pinkus Hefe Weizen
75Quite a thin, dry German wheat beer, but there's nothing here to dislike. Slightly tart and sour – which is welcome in a beer like this.

Brewery Huyghe Floris Apple
70Not as horrible as it sounds, but I wouldn't want to drink this on its own. It could work quite well with apple puddings, though.

Brewery Huyghe Floris Framboise
75Over-the-top fruit flavour, but reasonably drinkable on the whole. Another beer for the dessert course. The colour of cherryade.

Brewery Huyghe Floris Honey
64Way too sweet. Having said that, I'm not a lover of honey but I found this quite pleasant – in small doses.

Brewery Huyghe Floris Kriek
73This commercial, crimson-coloured beer has absolutely no subtlety whatsoever but it's not without some merit, due to the tartness in the taste. A long way from a true kriek, however.

Brewery Huyghe Floris Passion
76Refreshingly sharp and acidic – feel those gums recede! – and consequently not as sweet or cloying as other beers in the Floris range.

Bridge of Allan Red Mist
68The key ingredient (somewhat obvious) is Scottish raspberries, but it's just too bitter.

Brouwerij Van Steenberge Celis White
79It's not subtle and it's not balanced, but you can't accuse this of being bland. An interesting beer with a good, light texture.

Cains Organic Wheat Beer
78Although not the most complex wheat beer you'll ever discover, this is a welcome addition to the Cains range – pleasant, clean and refreshing.

Coors Blue Moon
76A somewhat tired and rather dull, Belgian-inspired wheat beer from the USA.

Coors Blue Moon

Daas Daas White
78A refreshing but not very complex witbier.

Eisenbahn Weisenbock
80Another fine beer from this Brazilian craft brewery. It has set its sights high with this one, with Schneider's Aventinus the top of the tree for this style, but it's a very good effort.

Eisenbahn Weizenbier
75Not the subtlest of weissbiers, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with it either.

Erdinger Dunkel
90Delicious, easy to drink and perfectly balanced. Teasingly understated in the finish, which makes it very moreish.

Erdinger Hefe Weiss
83Not very full bodied but otherwise faultless. Conveys class while not being overly flavoursome.

Floris Kriek

Franziskaner Hefe-Kristallklar
75Easy-drinking, pleasant but uneventful.

Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier
75Everything that should be is in this hazy yellow beer, although rather subdued. Big, lively foam.

Fujikanko Kaihatsu Fujizakura Chocolate Wheat

Fujikanko Kaihatsu Fujizakura Weizen

Grolsch Weizen
Sweet and fruit with a wheaty dryness. An appetising nose of banana, pear and cloves. An easy-drinking weissbier,

Grolsch Weizen
83An easy-drinking Dutch weissbierstyle brew with mellow fruit flavours. Served in Grolsch's trademark swing-stopper bottle and very refreshing.

Gulpener Korenwolf
75Named after the overdramatic Netherlands word for a hamster (literally ‘corn wolf'), this Dutch beer combines four different cereals in its mass and is laced with elder flowers as well as coriander ...

Harpoon UFO Raspberry
80An unfiltered wheat beer, laced with raspberries. Very nicely balanced, clean and refreshing.

Hoegaarden
78The market leader. It's still a pleasant and well-balanced drink but it seems a touch thinner than before. The drop in ABV from 5% to 4.9% in the past year may have had some bearing on this.

Ikspiari Harvestmoon Yuzu Ale

Inbev Hoegaarden
76Having set the benchmark for the witbier style, this beer now appears to be going through the motions. It seems to have less flavour than when I last tasted it and drinks rather dull and tired.

Jacobsen Bramley Wit
73A new take on the Belgian wit bier style with apples added for a twist. Refreshing and quaffable but a little tarnished by oxidation wet paper notes. A beer to sup with roast pork?

Kiuchi Hitachino Nest White Ale

Konig Ludwig Weissbier Dunkel

Konig Ludwig Weissbier Hell
Phenolic banana and clove in the nose, reflected on the smooth palate. Spicy, peppery, good grain notes. Prototype Bavarian Weizen, refreshing, tasty and quite complex.

Kronenbourg Blanc
68The white bottle is a triumph of style over substance. It says absolutely nothing about the beer, which itself is a bit of an enigma. This tastes has none and tastes very artificial. Beer lovers will...

Lefebvre Blanche de Bruxelles
75An easy-drinking, hazy yellow beer with fairly subtle flavours. Nicely balanced.

Lovibonds Henley Gold
78An Anglo-US take on a weissbier (the co-owner of this small brewery in Henley-on-Thames is American Jeff Rosenmeier). Rich, full-tasting, and happily not too cloying thanks to the pleasant tart notes....

Maisel's Weisse
75Disappoints a little, lacking the flavour its cloudy amber colour and strength promise.

Meantime Meantime Rasberry Grand Cru
81A refreshing, challenging, golden beer with a red blush, displaying skilful and well judged use of fruit.

Meantime Raspberry Grand CRU
78This is a stronger version of the pleasant Taste the Difference Raspberry Wheat Beer that Meantime brews for Sainsbury's. But it's fuller, it's sweeter and it has a better balance and a kinder finish ...

Meantime Wheat Grand CRU
Tart fruit and cloves. Typical wheaty sourness with hints of toffee and a touch of pepper. Refreshing and spicy with a good alcoholic warmth.

O'Hanlon's Goldblade
82A cross between a British ale and a Belgian witbier, and a successful one at that. Tasty, clean and quaffable.

Oettinger Oettinger Weizen & Grapefruit
69There's not much sign of beer in this cloudy orange confection but it's clean, fresh and better than spirit based alcopops. Perhaps there's a market among Pimms drinkers but it's not going to be of mu...

Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier
75A pleasant enough weissbier despite the lack of body and flavour for its strength and the rather disappointing finish.

Primator Weizenbier

Radomyshi Brewery Pshenychne Etalon Weissbier
73That rare beast: a weissbier from the Ukraine! Fabulous aroma but a little thin to taste.

Rebellion White
75A pleasant and quaffable, English version of a witbier.

Redoak Framboise Frament

Reidenburger Weizen Premium
65An organic offering that delivers more than its nose promises.

Riva Dentergems Witbier
78A good starter for an evening in a Brussels bar, but fairly thin for its strength.

SA Damm Estrella Inedit

Samuel Adams Dunkel Weizen

Samuel Adams Hefeweizen

Samuel Adams Imperial White Ale
Hazy amber colour... Solvent, some fruit esters... Orange, coriander and sugary malt... Very sweet and very strong... Pleasant fruit aftertaste... Almost like a wine or a spirit... Incredibly full bod...

Samuel Adams White Ale
Great aroma of coriander, wheat and butter. Typical phenolic nose with complex aniseedy notes, dry palate reflecting closely the nose with a touch of citrus and spices added.

Schneider Aventinus
83Flavour-packed and a revelation for anyone who thinks all beers taste much the same. Possibly just too complex for some palates, but perfect for sipping with a piece of fruit cake.

Schneider Weizen Hell
80A sharply refreshing, muddy-yellow-coloured beer.

Schneider Weizen Original
80A murky brown beer that, unless presented in the proper glassware, lacks visual appeal. The underplay of the main features makes it dangerously quaffable and moreish.

Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen
73Mellow and easy drinking. No great character but pleasant.

Schöfferhofer Kristallweizen
73A clean and quaffable bright beer, but perhaps a touch harsh in the finish.

Sharp's Honey Spice
80A clean and enjoyable, inventive beer that includes cinnamon, coriander and mixed peel. Plenty of condition makes it a lively drink.

Shongweni Robson's Wheat Beer
75There's no shortage of taste in this wheat beer and you'll be happy if you like coriander, which is rather prominent.

St Austell Clouded Yellow
73An interesting re-creation of a Bavarian weissbier, using vanilla pods, cloves and coriander to replicate the natural spicy, fruity flavours created by genuine weissbier yeast. Thinner and crisper tha...

St Austell Clouded Yellow
79A well-balanced attempt to re-create weizenbier flavours through the addition of spices rather than using a wheat beer yeast. It's not very demanding or full flavoured but it's pleasant enough.

St Peter's Wheat Beer
75More akin to a Belgian wit than a Bavarian weissbier. The label says it's unfiltered, but it pours clear. A pleasant, dark golden drink.

Tesco Finest French Wheat Beer
78A quaffable, interesting take on the blanche/witbier style, served in a large corked bottle that opens with a healthy pop.

Unibroue Blanche De Chambly

Unibroue Don De Dieu

Unibroue Quelque Chose

Van Diest Fruli Strawberry Beer
72Remember Cresta, the soft drink advertised by the polar bear in shades back in the 70s? That's what this reminds me of. It's frothy, man.

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Alkoholfrei

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel
75Well-constructed and reliable beer from the world's oldest brewery (AD 1040).

Weihenstephaner Vitus

Weizenland Weissbier Dunkel
73Unusual and adventurous but just fails to set the palate alight.

Weizenland Weissbier Hefetrub
65Marred by a touch of papery, oxidation character.

Williams Brothers Grozet
75A well conceived, easy-drinking ‘gooseberry and wheat ale' that also contains the herb bog myrtle.

Wolf Straw Dog
73The label describes it as a weissbier in the German style but there's none of the expected banana and clove flavours. A touch too tart for my taste.