I'm extremely intreagued about brewing a Berliner Weisse. For the uninitiated it's a very tart, low alcohol, lacking in sweetness, and traditionally brewed with a lactic acid infused yeast. Atleast that's what www.germanbeerinstitute.com/Berliner_Weisse.html says (btw it's a great website). So I'm looking at brewing this in the next couple of brews, mostly because it and a Roggenbier (rye wheat) will give me a nice 10 gal stash of easy drinking summer brews heading into the summer (that's mid April here in Mississippi).
My question is this, is there a Berliner Weisse yeast available and if not what strain or strains should be used? www.ebrew.com has a very inexpensive kit available I've shot them an email asking for the ingredients to the kit, waiting on the reply. Thoughts on yeast strain? Or experience with brewing or drinking this beer.
Schlante,
Phillip
My question is this, is there a Berliner Weisse yeast available and if not what strain or strains should be used? www.ebrew.com has a very inexpensive kit available I've shot them an email asking for the ingredients to the kit, waiting on the reply. Thoughts on yeast strain? Or experience with brewing or drinking this beer.
Schlante,
Phillip