John E Miller Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Hi crew, been a while since I have done a brew and feeling like doing a hefeweizen. Has anyone deliberately under pitched a hefe to emphasise yeast character? I am thinking of doing a half dry packet in a roughly 15 litre, 3kg AG brew. First time I made one I fermented a bit too warm, high 20s I think, but I actually came to really like the over-the-top yeast character. Plus, I can save the remaining yeast for another day! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 7 hours ago, John E Miller said: Hi crew, been a while since I have done a brew and feeling like doing a hefeweizen. Has anyone deliberately under pitched a hefe to emphasise yeast character? I am thinking of doing a half dry packet in a roughly 15 litre, 3kg AG brew. First time I made one I fermented a bit too warm, high 20s I think, but I actually came to really like the over-the-top yeast character. Plus, I can save the remaining yeast for another day! I have never under-pitched on purpose, John. I will be interested to read about your results, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 On 2/18/2023 at 6:45 AM, John E Miller said: Hi crew, been a while since I have done a brew and feeling like doing a hefeweizen. Has anyone deliberately under pitched a hefe to emphasise yeast character? I am thinking of doing a half dry packet in a roughly 15 litre, 3kg AG brew. First time I made one I fermented a bit too warm, high 20s I think, but I actually came to really like the over-the-top yeast character. Plus, I can save the remaining yeast for another day! In theory yes underpitch a wheat yeast and it will throw more esters. Hope it's not WB06 your using though. I tried everything including that to get banana and never did. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Miller Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 9:23 PM, Greenyinthewestofsydney said: In theory yes underpitch a wheat yeast and it will throw more esters. Hope it's not WB06 your using though. I tried everything including that to get banana and never did. I'm using Mangrove Jacks Bavarian Wheat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Hey John, I recently made an extract Hefeweizen with Lallemand Munich Classic. Brewed at 22 degrees C. It has banana, but haven’t noticed any clove spice. I have read that lower temps will produce more clove. Anyway it’s pretty yummy to my taste - pretty close to some of the commercial imported German examples that I have tried. Good luck with yours, cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Tone boy said: Hey John, I recently made an extract Hefeweizen with Lallemand Munich Classic. Brewed at 22 degrees C. It has banana, but haven’t noticed any clove spice. I have read that lower temps will produce more clove. Anyway it’s pretty yummy to my taste - pretty close to some of the commercial imported German examples that I have tried. Good luck with yours, cheers In my experience of making wheat beers the Munich was the best dry yeast. Never used the MJ one though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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