Fightin' Hokies Hefeweizen is a recipe based on traditional German Style Weisse beers.  This beer is brewed in collaboration with the Virginia Tech Food Science and Technology Department and is a result of a research and development trip conducted in Bavaria by Virginia Tech's faculty and Hardywood's Master Brewer Brian Nelson.  

Traveling throughout Bavaria together the team visited authentic and historic German brewing suppliers such as Weyermann Specialty Malt headquarters and Hopsteiner Hop Farms to learn about and evaluate ingredients for this recipe. 

To top it off we sought guidance from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) based at the oldest brewery in the world, Weihenstephan.  The Virginia Tech Food Science and Technology Department has a unique relationship with TUM and Weihenstephan through a program that allows eager Virginia Tech Students the opportunity to travel to the TUM campus to be engrossed in German brewing education.  In return, TUM students travel to Virginia Tech and have the opportunity to learn about American Craft Brewing techniques and beer styles that are popular in American Craft beer.  Each year, the German TUM students visit Hardywood Park to get a glimpse of our brewing process and the craft beer styles we make.

Fightin' Hokies Hefeweizen is brewed with...

• Over 50% wheat malt in combination with drum-roasted caramel and Munich malts from Weyermann Specialty Malts

• Barke Pilsner Malt, a German heirloom barley varietal 

• Hopsteiner German varietals, Tradition and Saphir, hops

Fightin' Hokies Hefeweizen pours with a "Burnt Orange" color with pillowy white lacing and finishes with a full-bodied sweet malted wheat flavor.  Enjoy this beer any time of day with a hearty helping of German schnitzel, kartoffelsalat, and a Bavarian pretzel.