One of the two main varieties of wheat beer based on the Belgian tradition of using flavourings such as coriander and orange peel which was revived by Pierre Celis at the Hoegaarden Brewery.

Witbier (also known as white beer, bière blanche or simply witte) is brewed mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands and is a barley/wheat, top-fermented beer which is often made with raw unmalted wheat as opposed to the malted wheat used in other varieties. It is a descendant from those medieval beers which were not brewed with hops, but instead flavoured and preserved with a blend of spices and other plants known as gruit. Gruit is still used today, although nowadays it consists mainly of coriander, orange, bitter orange and hops. The taste is therefore only slightly hoppy. The beers have a somewhat sour taste due to the presence of lactic acid and in the past were much more sour than is the case now. The suspended yeast in the beer causes some continuing fermentation in the bottle.

In recent times, some Belgian brewers have been making fruit flavoured wheat beers.