German Wheat Beer
Weihenstephan Weizen Wyeast
WY3068
Species : Ale Fermentation Temp Range (F) : 64-75 Apparent Attenuation Range (%) : 73-77 Flocculation : Low Alcohol Tolerance : 10%
Pitching/Fermentation : This famous German yeast is a strain used in the production of traditional, authentic wheat beers.
Notes : It produces the banana and clove nose traditionally associated with German wheat beers and leaves the desired cloudy look of traditional German wheat beers.
Best Styles : German Wheat Beer
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The classic and most popular German wheat beer strain used worldwide. This yeast strain produces a beautiful and delicate balance of banana esters and clove phenolics. The balance can be manipulated towards ester production through increasing the fermentation temperature, increasing the wort density, and decreasing the pitch rate. Overpitching can result in a near-complete loss of banana character. Decreasing the ester level will allow a higher clove character to be perceived. Sulfur is commonly produced, but will dissipate with conditioning. This strain is very powdery and will remain in suspension for an extended amount of time following attenuation. This is true top cropping yeast and requires fermenter headspace of 33%.

Specifications:

• Attenuation: 73 77%

• Flocculation: Low

• Temp. Range: 64 75 F

• Alcohol Tolerance: 10%

Suggested Substitutions*:

• Fermentis: WB-06
• Imperial: G01 Stefon
• White Labs: WLP 300 Hefeweizen Ale

*Suggested yeast substitutions may not be an exact replacement, but they will be a very close approximation.