What could be better to replace the usual accompanying tipple of murky wheat beer than a glass of tart, delicious Riesling?

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After Tactical Nuclear Penguin was released, German brewery Schorschbrau replied by setting a new world record with a 40% alcohol by volume wheat beer.

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To help me separate the wheat from the hops, I called upon beer expert Matt Simpson.

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Tom Colicchio has assembled a makeshift space of picnic tables, good beer (including a slightly sweet Highline Elevated Wheat by Brooklyn Brewery) and popular food trucks, like Rickshaw Dumplings.

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It has a rustic Bavarian wooden interior, great service, pumped-in oompa music and a thirst-quenching beer list with gems like the citrusy Dentergems Wit from Belgium and malty dark wheat Dunkel Weisse.

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