Wheat Beer

Sorry guys,

I forgot to mention that it was Banana flavoured wheat beer. That's the recipe I'm looking for.

Tks again !

I've made a few batches of wheat beer that all turned out excellent. They all had a bananna "flavor". I didn't add any flavoring. It is because of the particular strain of yeast used. They acutally had bananna and clove "flavor" and other "fruity" aromas. It'is possible that the pub added a bananna flavor, but it is probabbly just from the yeast. If your interested, the recipies I used came from Midwest Supplies.

Mike

Coverdale wrote:

I've been making all my beers with this trappist yeast that makes it kinda banana flavored. The thing is, Nobody has ever notices it without me mentioning it, then seemingly can't forget it. I found this in one of the recipes BYO posted in an article:

"German Hefe yeasts can be used but the brewer should keep the temperature at the bottom end of the yeast's range to reduce the production of banana and clove esters."

So, apparently if you can get a yeast that typicaly produces esters to ferment at warm temperatures you'll have a higher ester bouqet in the finished product, and these guys were recommending White Labs WLP320 (american hefeweizen) yeast for their wheat beer recipe. I haven't noticed any clove esters with my brew, always that subtle banana flavor; I do usually brew at very low temperatures considering it's ales I'm making. I've been using WLP500; It was a specialty yeast strain so may be hard finding it. The whole recipe for your wheat beer can be found on BYO in "10 great recipes". Hope that helps, -gcitagh

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That comes from the yeast...try WY3068.

------->Denny

Thanks for the input guys .... I've yet to brew a wheat beer, guess I didn't realize that the banana smell/taste came from the yeast. I have purchased Coopers Wheat Beer .... any ideas on what the finished product may taste like. Should I maybe buy diferent yeast to achieve that banana aroma.

Thanks aga> >

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What yeast came with your "kit"? I use White Labs #300 Hefewizen Ale liquid yeast for my wheat beers. Good luck.

Cheers, Mike

Coverdale wrote:

Hey:

You should try a Brew House Prarie Wheat kit and sub in the WY3068 - it will be the best wheat beer you have ever tasted, especially if you keg it!

Joe

Drag> What yeast came with your "kit"? I use White Labs #300 Hefewizen Ale

-- Joe Giardine Programmer/Analyst Computing and Information Services McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (905) 525-9140 ext. 27659

I will keep that in mind JR ..... just ordered my WY3068 today and wil try it with the Coopers kit I have here. Brew House is available at my local brew store so if the Coopers turns out ok, I'll give it a try.

Tks

No offense, but I seriously doubt it would be the BEST wheat beer I'd ever tasted...

----------->Denny