Pitch rate 3 gallon wheat beer

[kangabrew]

Hello!

From what I have read, normal/high pitch rates makes wheat beers pretty flat but I want to taste the banana flavors.

I have read about people using 1 vial w/o starter for 5 gallon batches when they want to under-pitch. If I want to use liquid yeast, should I then pitch 0.6 vials? [1 vial]/[5 gallons]*[3 gallons]=[0.6 vial]. How much dry yeast should I use if I rather go with e.g. WB-06? Mrmalty says 0.6 grams (with no under-pitching that is..).

OG: 1.050
Volume: 3 gallons

 

[madscientist451]

The pitching rate is only one variable you can control. The yeast selection and the fermentation temperature will also have an impact.
Here's a decent article:

http://www.fermentarium.com/homebrewing/brewing-beer/how-to-make-hefeweizen-beer/

 

[shelly_belly]

I over-pitched and under-pitched with WPL300 (1gal starter vs 1 vial/5.5 gals) both fermented at 63F-65F. The over-pitched beer had slightly more banana than clove flavor and turned out better over all.

 

[edb]

This is a good article.

http://byo.com/body/item/2265-german-hefeweizen-style-profile

 

[kangabrew]

Thank you.

I will try to pitch a whole smack pack (WLP300) which will be almost proper pitch rate (very slight underpitch).