Belgian Ale Yeast for a Dunkel Weisse?

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syd138

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So I've made a lot of weisses/dunkels using WLP300, gives it a great standard bananaish weisse taste..

But I was thinking of doing a dunkel that has a fruitier taste..

how would it be if I used WLP500 (Trappist Ale) or WLP570 (Belgian Golden Ale)?
 
I normally use 550 for the spiciness it provides, the starter I'm currently building I used 530. This is the first time I have used 530 and the banana aroma is very strong in the starter. I have not used 500 or 570 yet. IIRC 500 provides raisin and fig character.
 
I know it won't technically be a weisse.. but I want to start messing around with the flavors a bit.. I want a fruitier taste.
 
Well.. Im kind of thinking of Unibroue- Chambly Noire.. which is a little dark, but has a sweet almost cherry taste.

its a Belgian Black Ale.. so Im guessing its Pale Malt, some Munich, Belgian Aromatic, Chocolate, and maybe Crystal 20L.

I know Unibroue has its own particular yeast, but from what I've heard it is taken from Chimay.. which is WLP500.

So bottom line, I think a Dunkel would be somewhat close to this, but maybe a little lighter.

But since Im using Wheat instead of Pale malt, the only question would be whether I can let it age as long?
 
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