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Offline mdyer909

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Dry yeast for a Hefeweizen
« on: April 15, 2020, 03:09:17 pm »
Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

Offline dmtaylor

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Re: Dry yeast for a Hefeweizen
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2020, 04:16:04 pm »
I've been meaning to try Lallemand Munich Classic.

I was NOT AT ALL impressed by WB-06, which I later found out is actually Belgian in origin, not a hef yeast at all.
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Offline Steve Ruch

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Re: Dry yeast for a Hefeweizen
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2020, 06:23:01 pm »
Are you looking for more clove or more banana? Or a balance of the two?
Or an American hefe?
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Offline Northern_Brewer

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Re: Dry yeast for a Hefeweizen
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2020, 02:19:50 am »
That's the easiest yeast question of all - Lallemand Munich Classic.

Don't use WB-06, it's a weird member of the saison family, that may have come from Duvel. Don't use Lallemand Munich, now rebranded as a wit yeast - it's nothing like as characterful as Munich Classic.