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Berliner Weisse declined after the world wars, and in the 80's and 90's, all but one Berliner Weisse brewery closed. The only surviving historical example, Kindl Weisse, could be argued to be a beer style that does not represent the majority of historical Berliner Weisse. It does not contain ''Brettanomyces'', and Kindl Weisse does not label itself as "Berliner Weisse". Kindl Weisse is brewed in a very deliberate way that requires it to be blended with sugar syrups at serving time, creating more of an "alco-pop" than a traditional Berliner Weisse <ref>Jace Marti. 2017 HomebrewCon presentation: "Brewing Berliner Weisse: Moving Beyond Kettle Souring". 2017. Retrieved 09/02/2017.</ref>.
The methods mentioned above were just some of the methods that were used to brew Berliner Weisse. For examples of other methods, see the [[Berliner_Weissbier#External_History_Resources|External History Resources]] section below. For an example of brewing a historical Berliner Weisse at home (scale up for commercial sizes), see [http://wilder-wald.com/2017/12/08/historic-berliner-weisse-homebrew-recipe/ Benedikt RauschKoch's "Historic Berliner Weisse – Homebrew Recipe"] and its [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1911351298893075/ related MTF thread].
===Microbiology and Fermentation Profile===
===Appellation===
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1834680759893463/?comment_id=1837043619657177&reply_comment_id=1837131119648427&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D Commentary by Benedikt Rausch Koch on MTF explaining the appellation of Berliner Weisse, how to compares to other appellations like Kölsch, and specifics of how it is used and enforced in Germany.]
===External History Resources===
* [http://wilder-wald.com/2017/12/08/historic-berliner-weisse-homebrew-recipe/ Benedikt RauschKoch's "Historic Berliner Weisse – Homebrew Recipe".]* [http://wilder-wald.com/2017/11/10/mashing-of-berliner-weisse/ Mashing of Berliner Weisse, and maximizing head retention by Benedikt RauschKoch.] See also the associated [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1878925928802279/ MTF threads].* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1534983126529896/ English translation of Dörfel 1947 manuscript on making German Berliner Weisse (translated by Benedikt RauschKoch).]
* [http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/gerstyle.htm "Old German Beer Styles," by Ron Pattinson (contains a few obscure sour styles).]
* [http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/Brett_Festival_talk_Berliner_Weisse_slides.pdf Berliner Weisse, a Local Style Close to Extinction, by Ron Pattinson.]