5 Gallon Dunkelweizen - Starter or No Starter?

[MrBJones]

Using White Labs WLP300 Pure Pitch, manufactured on 6/22/2018; original gravity expected to be 1.056; will ferment at 62º f. I've heard that stressing the yeast can improve results. What do you think?

 

[thisjrp4]

No starter. It will be just fine. You may want to raise the temp a few degrees though.

 

[MrBJones]

It's Jamil's recipe...he seems to go out of his way to encourage that temp, for a balance between clove and banana.

 

[Blackdirt_cowboy]

It's Jamil's recipe...he seems to go out of his way to encourage that temp, for a balance between clove and banana.

You will get mostly clove at that temp. The banana will be very subdued. I ferment my Dunkelweizen at 62-64°, but I like the clove and am not a fan of the banana at all.