Germany’s Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan has partnered with American craft brewer Sierra Nevada to create Hefeweissbier-style beer Braupakt.

Both the breweries partnered to develop the new beer, which is brewed with a Hallertauer Tradition hop and refined with American West Coast Amarillo and Chinook hops.

Weihenstephan brewmaster Tobias Zollo said: “This is the first time Sierra Nevada chose to partner with a long-established brewery.

“The Amarillo-hopped brew is complemented by caramel malt and carries an odour of peach, apricot and citrus fruit.”

“Both breweries had something to glean and gain from the other. We came in with high standards for the Hefeweissbier style.

“Sierra Nevada, who is world-renowned for the Pale Ale style, came in with the discerning palettes for fruity and aromatic-bodied beers. With Braupakt, we were able to exceed the expectations of both breweries.”

Braupakt combines traditional purity standards and brewing methodologies with conventional hop flavours. It features 14.5% original wort, 6% alcohol-by-volume (ABV) and 35 international bitterness units (IBU) and is malted with wheat, barley and caramel.

Sierra Nevada’s brewmaster Scott Jennings said: “We are extremely excited to share our Braupakt collaboration with the beer community. When we look to create these partnerships, rarely do you get to work with breweries of Weihenstephan’s stature and we were blown away by the process.

“Not only are we blown away by the finished beer, we learned a lot on this journey as well from one of the original visionaries in our industry.”

The Amarillo-hopped brew is complemented by caramel malt and carries an odour of peach, apricot and citrus fruit.

Braupakt will be available later this year.