Hefeweizen variant... Tropical?

[cvisinho]

Good morning,

Im brewing up a batch of hefeweizen and i want to twist it up. I normally get bannana from this recipe but i got to thinking......
Tropical hefeweizen? Dare i add mango and coconut.
I have a pound of flaked coconut sitting in the cabinet along with a bunch of frozen mango.

Im pretty much sold on it but do you guys think secondary is best for this concoction or end of boil ad keep transferring along?

I also have a spare pack of london ale 3 yeast. Wondering how that would work in a hefeweizen for shitzengiggles...

 

[dmtaylor]

All sounds good. Add fruits to the secondary.

Cheers and good luck.

 

[thehaze]

If you use London Ale 3, you will not make a Hefeweizen, that's for sure. A Hefeweizen is a Hefeweizen due to the specific yeast, which produces the particular banana, clove, fruity and tart aroma and flavour in the beer. The Wheat malt also reinforces the overall wheat flavour of the beer.

Fruit added to a Hefeweizen sounds really good. Actually, I'm planning a Weizenbock in a month from now, which I would like to add mango, apricots, peaches, a bit of vanilla and lactose, as fruit will lower the pH of the final beer, thus turning it more tart/sour than usual. But that's my plan anyway.

I've read about lightly toasting the coconut flakes, to reinforce the " coconut " flavour, but I cannot comment on how it will go in a Hefe.

Cheers!

 

[Pappers_]

Definitely add the mango to secondary, as suggested above. But I don't know about the coconut. I've never used it myself, but don't many brewers add coconut in the boil?