Wheat Beer (Historical Piwo Grodziskie): A low-gravity, light-bodied ale combining an oak-smoked flavor with a clean hop bitterness. Highly sessionable. Oak-smoked wheat malt has a different (and less intense) smoke character than German beechwood-smoked barley malt; it has a drier, crisper, leaner quality. History: Developed as a unique style centuries ago in the Polish city of Grodzisk (known as Grätz when ruled by Prussia and Germany). Its fame and popularity rapidly extended to other parts of the world in the late 19th and early 20th century.