Talk:White beer

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The Belgian witbier is different from the (german) wheat beers

[edit] Merger proposal

Djlayton4 proposes merging with Wheat beer. I oppose, on the grounds that Belgian witbier, German weizens, Berliner weisse, and other types of wheat ales are distinct members of a group, and that at the very least witbier and hefeweizen are important enough to have pages of their own. There is nonetheless an argument for reducing wheat beer to something just a little more than a disambiguation page (much info has already been duplicated in the hefeweizen and white beer/witbier pages. BrendanH 11:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I oppose also. Belgian wit is a distinct style with its own history, brewing techniques, ingredients, and flavor. Its certainly worth mentioning under the Wheat beer article, but more than deserves its own.--Allegrorondo 12:45, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I also oppose. White beer or wit is its own style that is enough different from wheat beer to require its own entry. I do suggest adding a link to White beer in the wheat beer entry though,

I also oppose. White beers differ from standard wheats in that 4-vinyl guaiacol is found in a lot of white beers but not so much the standard hefs or other wheats in that class. Beer drinkers should be able to see the traits of each style on thier own page without trying to dissiminate a single page of facts.

I oppose. A belgian witbier is a completely different beer than a german hefeweizen. Both are wheat beers, yes. They have different characters though. I would agree to adding seperate links to witbiers, hefeweizens, etc. from the main wheat beer page. bigcat03 19:40, 6 July 2006 (CST)