The quintessential banana bomb yeast. This is the classic Hefeweizen yeast for producing German wheat beers. Banana ester production can be increased by underpitching and producing a glucose-rich wort.
Flavour/Aroma
Banana, Baking Spice
Dosage
7 million cells/mL
Suitable Styles
Suitable Styles
German Wheat Beer
Attenuation Calculator
Attenuation Calculator
How this yeast strain would behave in a typical fermentation.
1.015
1.012
*Expected final gravity range for fermentation with this yeast. This simple calculator does not take alcohol tolerance into account.
Footnotes
Footnotes
* Rough estimate based on yeast form
** Hazy and thiolized are based on research from Omega Labs
*** Origins are often unreliable (hearsay) and difficult to determine