very quick question regarding yeast/hop selection.

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hey guys,
i'm brewing an american strawberry wheat. the yeast i'm looking for is american hefeweizen, which is WLP 320 / 1010. with that i was going to use amarillo hops for bittering.

BUT

sounds like my only choices for yeast are going to be American Ale WLP001 or Hefeweizen WLP300.

now my question is should i go with amarillo hops and the american ale yeast? if i were to go the hefeweizen yeast route, what would be a good compliment as far as bittering hops go?

 

[jamesk9]

Hellertauer hops with wlp300 ~5.5aa

 

[FlyingHorse]

Hellertauer hops with wlp300 ~5.5aa

...would give you a nice straight-up German hefeweizen. Not something I'd want to add strawberry to, but YMMV.

For the strawberry wheat, I think you'd be better off with the clean-fermenting WLP001.

If you're only doing a bittering addition for hops, the variety probably won't matter much. Amarillo will be fine.

 

[Killer_Robot]

I was thinking of trying something similar in the near future, and was looking at Perle hops and Safbrew WB-06. Should I use a more neutral yeast instead for a fruit beer?