What yeast to use?

[scm81]

I'm planning on a brew day this Saturday and plan on making a light wheat beer with the following:
6.6 lbs Briess Bavarian wheat LME
.5 lbs Crystal 10 (steeping)

The only hop addition will probably be at 60 minutes, I'm using Hallertau hops (4.1%), and shooting for about 13 IBU.

Here is my question.... The fiancé wants a fruit beer so the above ingredients are the plan for the base, but I am not sure what yeast to use. I picked up some WB-06 at my local HB shop. Is this yeast good for a wheat beer that will be racked on to fruit (mixed berries) in secondary? Or should I go pick up a cleaner yeast like S-05? I keep my fermentation buckets in the basement, previous beers have fermented at a pretty stable 66-67 degrees.
Thanks!

 

[giraffe]

If you want a german hefe taste, which it looks like by your recipe, use a german wheat yeast, like wb-06. Ferment in the low 60s if you can. Its going to give a banana and clove flavor. Mixed berries will go good with banana and clove, there are no clashing flavors there. A clean yeast is just going to taste like berries, and generic american summer ales. Id go with wb-06.

Though have you given your fiancee a german wheat beer to try? They may like it as is, as they are somewhat fruity, and taste like banana bread.

 

[JayDubWill]

giraffe is right, you need to nail down what type of wheat beer you are after. A true German hefe isn't for everyone. I would suggest taking a look at Wyeast 1010 American Wheat strain. It will add a little citrus flavor to your beer that would pair well with the mixed berries. What hops and amounts are you looking at?

 

[scm81]

She likes German wheat beers but wanted me to make some sort of fruit beer for her that doesn't have a lot of hops. I might split it up and only rack half of the beer onto the fruit to see what it turn out like by itself.

I'm guessing on a 1.045-1.050 OG so I'll use .75 oz of my hops (4.1%) to try for 13 IBU's in a 6.5 gallon boil.

I think I'm going to try the WB-06, I just wanted to make sure that the yeast would work with the fruit.
Appreciate the quick responses

 

[JayDubWill]

Good luck and let us know how it turns out!