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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2010, 04:31:27 pm »
Kai, when I follow "proper" pitching rates on Hefe/Dunkelweizens with 3068 I've been disappointed.
I under pitch by a little and try not to go more than 3 generations either.

Brewing a Hefe this weekend and I'll use that mash and my pitching procedures to see what I get.
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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2010, 08:49:28 pm »
Thanks Kai.
Is 2M cells/mL the standard weissbier pitching rate?
How much do they oxygenate?

The only numbers I found were 2-4 M/ml (Kunze) or 0.3 -1 l yeast slurry per 100l wort. This slurry must be much thinner than the yeast slurry for lagers which is reported to give ~15 M/ml if about 0.5 l are added to 100l wort.

I assume that it is common to aerate to saturation with air which gives you about 8 ppm O2.

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2010, 01:47:45 pm »
I don't recall getting a May/June issue... what is on the cover?  Aaarghh!  Now I have to go dig through my mags....  :D

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2010, 01:49:17 pm »
Yup... got it.   :)

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2010, 09:14:27 am »
It looks like this did not work for me to give me more banana aroma. I took a sample today and detect very little banana aroma compared to the control. The beer has more clove though. This is expected since the rest at 45C is also a good ferulic acid rest temp.

It might be necessary to use a more estery Weissbier yeast. I used WY3068 which is more on the phenolic side.

So I checked the dissertation which proposed this mash and found that they also used WY3068 (a.k.a. W68) but their pitching rate (~2 M/ml) was much lower than mine (~4 M/ml). In fact mine may have been even higher. I got an inexplicable discrepancy between the number of cells counted in the well mixed starter and the cells counted in the well mixed beer.

But I have read reports of this mash working as intended.

Kai

Kai, I'll be brewing this Sunday and will follow the mash until the last rest but will then do a decoction boil to get to mash out

I'll update as the beer progresses
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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2010, 09:05:35 am »
FYI, I also followed the suggested "complicated" mash and got very little banana aroma and virtually no banana flavor.

Otherwise, it's the same grains, yeast, etc... I use with a single infusion mash where I get a lot of banana.  Something in that article just doesn't work.  I just checked the C to F figures in the article and they seem fine. I'm not sure what happened but I have something closer to an american wheat beer than a bavarian hefeweizen- even with 3086.

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2010, 06:51:39 am »
Holy banana Batman  :o

I'll pull a sample in the next day or two but there is a nice banana nose on this beer right now

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2010, 10:26:39 pm »
I did the complicated mash too, but am using an American yeast (Safale 05).  I've gotten cloves out of this strain before.  I'm curious to see if I can get any banana (@ 65 F).  I actually "fast fermented" 2 gal of this (keg kicked already) and was surprised at how wheaty it tasted.  I'm curious to compare it to the conventional remaining 5 gal.

I'll be serving this up at our pig roast in two weeks.  If I do get banana, I'll post.  If not, no post.

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2010, 09:15:20 am »
Banana!........ pretty intense too.

This was a split batch, one fermented in a bucket with the lid loose and one in a carboy with a tin foil airlock.
I'll know better when they are carbed up but the samples tasted the same.

Once its carbed up I'll have to get you a bottle or few Kai
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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2010, 09:57:09 am »
Once its carbed up I'll have to get you a bottle or few Kai

I have to send you mine too. So far I did not notice much more banana.

And we need to compare notes.

Kai

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2010, 08:15:51 pm »
I compared the two beers a few days ago and I preferred the one made with the more complicated mash. It had more banana and clove yet was still well balanced. Since I don't like fermenting my Weissbiers warmer than 65F, I generally don't get as many fruity notes.

It does however seem that the longer mash thinned out the mouthfeel and hurt the head retention, which was to be expected. I may be able to fix that with CaraFoam or chit malt (if I can find that).

Next time I have to retry this side-by-side and use the maltase mash first. Weissbier aromas don't stay fresh all that long and the fact that the two beers were brewed ~2 weeks apart may also be the cause for the difference.

Kai

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2010, 12:04:10 pm »
Depending on whether I want more banana or more clove I change my mash. You can also monkey with the yeast count and oxygen number, more of each giving less character. Low temps = more fruit, high temps = more spice.

Diauxic mash (Banana)
Mash in at 5:1
1. 86F, rest 30 min
2. Draw off 75% thin mash into boil kettle
- heat thick mash to 65C, rest 30 min
- add back
3. 104F, rest 30min (maltase)
4. 162F, 30min
5. 176F, 10min


'Schneider' mash (spice)
1. 112F x 8 min (4VG)
2. 128F x 20min
3. 144F x 15
- decoction pull, boil 10min
4. 156F x 20
5. 176 x 10min

A way to 'cheat' to get more banana is to add about 10% pure glucose directly to your fermenter. Do it side by side with one without it. Use the dry Munich strain or 3068 and you'll see for  yourself.
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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #27 on: July 16, 2010, 06:35:07 pm »
. Low temps = more fruit, high temps = more spice.

the way you mention this is interesting since most brewers report ( or maybe repeat) the opposite.

Kai

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Re: 2010 May/June - Brewing Wheat Beer with Intensive Banana Aroma
« Reply #28 on: July 20, 2010, 07:23:06 am »
I've never seen brewers report the opposite although I don't say it doesn't happen. Cooler temperatures favor ester formation = fruit. Higher temps favor higher alcohol and phenol production. Thats a general statement but holds true. Yeast strain will usually have a bigger impact and the temps should be treated as relative according to the specific strain. Mean 'fruitier' than or 'spicer' than...
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