In terms of flavor?
I'm not an enormous fan of hefeweizen, but I found a DFH blood orange recipe I thought would be fun and I'd like to give it an interesting flavor. I figured the yeast cake would throw some interesting esters and be more pronounced. The yeast cake I have is from a pretty big winter ale.
I also have some champagne yeast in my fridge I could use.
Or I could just go to the store and get hefe yeast.
I want to teach some friends a really simple homebrew recipe w/ a quick turn around (something essential for new brewers I think).
What do you guys think? Is this a good idea, or am I dooming myself to truly unpalatable beer?
I'm not an enormous fan of hefeweizen, but I found a DFH blood orange recipe I thought would be fun and I'd like to give it an interesting flavor. I figured the yeast cake would throw some interesting esters and be more pronounced. The yeast cake I have is from a pretty big winter ale.
I also have some champagne yeast in my fridge I could use.
Or I could just go to the store and get hefe yeast.
I want to teach some friends a really simple homebrew recipe w/ a quick turn around (something essential for new brewers I think).
What do you guys think? Is this a good idea, or am I dooming myself to truly unpalatable beer?