Wheat beer

[evolram]

Normally I try and keep the sediment in the bottle but yesterday I chilled a couple of bottles in the freezer and left them in too long. When I poured them the icy slush disturbed the sediment and went in the glass. To my surprise it improved the beer.
I will be disturbing the sediment every time from now on.

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[johnnyboy1965]

Normally I try and keep the sediment in the bottle but yesterday I chilled a couple of bottles in the freezer and left them in too long. When I poured them the icy slush disturbed the sediment and went in the glass. To my surprise it improved the beer.
I will be disturbing the sediment every time from now on.

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What yeast did you use? Some beers are meant to have the yeast mixed in.
Cool 2 bottles to about 10oC and do a blind taste, one with the yeast mixed in and one without.

 

[evolram]

It was the yeast from the wilko's wheat beer kit. I also dry hopped it with cascade and columbus. The comparison is a good idea.

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[strange-steve]

Wheat beers are traditionally served with all the sediment in the glass, it does change the flavour for the better imo.

 

[johnnyboy1965]

It was the yeast from the wilko's wheat beer kit. I also dry hopped it with cascade and columbus. The comparison is a good idea.

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No disrespect meant, but I doubt if Wilkos Wheat Beer Yeast is the best quality. If you like the taste of the yeast in the beer, try using a quality wheat beer yeast. They are a little bit expensive, but if you plan correctly you can get many brews from one vial/pouch

 

[evolram]

No disrespect meant, but I doubt if Wilkos Wheat Beer Yeast is the best quality. If you like the taste of the yeast in the beer, try using a quality wheat beer yeast. They are a little bit expensive, but if you plan correctly you can get many brews from one vial/pouch

Which yeast do you recommend?

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[LarryF]

I picked a Wilko Wheat Beer up for £10 and I'm putting it on today. I'm re-pitching my Mauribrew 514, it's not a wheat beer yeast but it does have a high temperature tolerance so I use it for this time of year as I have no temp control to cool my FV.

 

[Soton]

I picked a Wilko Wheat Beer up for �£10 and I'm putting it on today. I'm re-pitching my Mauribrew 514, it's not a wheat beer yeast but it does have a high temperature tolerance so I use it for this time of year as I have no temp control to cool my FV.

That might turn out to be quite a good choice of yeast, along with good temperature tolerance did you choose for its low to medium flocculation? If your carefully not to chill your beer over several days before drinking you should still get a nice cloudy wheat beer :thumb:

 

[LarryF]

That might turn out to be quite a good choice of yeast, along with good temperature tolerance did you choose for its low to medium flocculation? If your carefully not to chill your beer over several days before drinking you should still get a nice cloudy wheat beer :thumb:

At some point in May I order two packs of Mauribrew 514 and two packs of Mangrove Jacks Workhorse. Both are high temp tolerant yeasts and it means that I can brew over the summer without worry as they can handle the summer temps no problem. I generally re-pitch from each pack twice so they more than last me over the summer months. Today I bottled a Wilko Cerveza which I'd used the Mauribrew 514, my OG was 1051 and my FG 1008, that's attenuation of 84% which I'm more than happy with. As for floculation, this time of year it's very difficult to cold condition properly as the temp in the shed's just not dropping low enough so most things are coming out looking like a wheat beer at least with the one I put on today it is supposed to be cloudy.

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Which yeast do you recommend?

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You need a dedicated "Wheat Beer" yeast, this is because you are tasting the yeast.
Dried Yeast WP 06
WLP 300

 

[Soton]

For future reference I just a did a little research and found that you could of used a Mauribrew Weiss for your wheat beer, it has the same tempture tolerances and is described to produce large quantities of fermentation aromas (esters, higher alcohols). Temperature range: 15- 30 °C