I'm getting ready to brew up my first saison tomorrow. This got me to thinking about an old recipe idea for a little known Bavarian beer style called Dampbier (pronounced dumm pff beer). Being the original steam beer,I thought it might be good to brew this time of year. I thought about & researched it a year or two ago & it slid by the wayside over the course of time. Since I now brew pb/pm biab,I thought I'd try it finally. I found this from BYO; http://byo.com/stories/item/530-dampfbier-style-profile It lists an AG & an E/SG recipe for it. Since I don't have the volume for AG,I'll have to try the E/SG recipe. Being from Upper Bavaria,I thought it appropo to brew one up. It's the original steam beer. Here's the page from The German Beer Institute on it;http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/Dampfbier.html I've got some Bavarian whet beer yeast blend in the fridge,though it's old & not sure if I can revive it. Been washed once & stored since last summer. Wyeast 3056. But since it doesn't produce as much esters as others,it might not be quite right for the style? They say to use Weihenstephan yeast or whit labs 380. I guess those give the ester profile of the original?