Good yeast for Witbier

Toadkiller Dog · Oct 29, 2006

Hey all--

I'm making an extract version of a Belgian Witbier (with orange peel and coriander seed). Just curious if anyone had any recommendations for a good dry or liquid yeast to use.

Thanks

TKD

rdwj · Oct 29, 2006

Wyeast Belgian Wit

djamwolfe · Oct 29, 2006

^^^I Second That^^^

Just finished up one using that yeast and it is real nice.

mbreen01 · Oct 31, 2006

The two that I've seen are Wyeast’s 3463 Forbidden Fruit yeast and Wyeast’s 3944 Belgian Witbier yeast. I've only used the Belgian Witbier yeast and it had a slightly phenolic, definitely Belgian note to it; quite tasty.

For White Labs fans, WLP400 and WLP410.

Marc.

mysterio · Oct 31, 2006

I used WLP400 in mine. It's a slow fermenter, I would tend to keep the temperature up at about 20C. I fermented slightly lower and I found it a bit too neutral for my liking. I'm not sure, but I think the higher temperature would keep the phenolics up which are desirable in a wit. I would consider Safale T-58, too.

Good yeast for Witbier

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

Toadkiller Dog

Member

rdwj

Well-Known Member

djamwolfe

Well-Known Member

mbreen01

Well-Known Member

mysterio

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Good yeast for Witbier

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

Toadkiller Dog

Member

rdwj

Well-Known Member

djamwolfe

Well-Known Member

mbreen01

Well-Known Member

mysterio

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!