Yeast List

SafAle W-68

MBIT ID: W-68

Fermentis
Dry
Wheat

(Saccharomyces cerevisiae POF+)

78 - 84%
medium
10 bn / g 115 bn / 11.5 g
18.00
to
26.00
N/A

Genetics and Properties

Phenolic
N/A
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Description

A historical yeast for German-style wheat beers. Specialty yeast selected for the production of aromatic beers with typical phenolic character (clove and peppery notes) and rich in fruity and floral flavors. Suitable for a great variety of wheat-base beers and fruity-spicy oriented styles. Yeast with a medium sedimentation: forms no clumps but a powdery haze when re suspended in the beer.

Flavour/Aroma

SafAle W-68™, for the production of aromatic German style wheat beers with typical phenolic (clovy) character and rich in fruity and banana notes.

Usage

Direct pitch: Pitch the yeast directly in the fermentation vessel on the surface of the wort at or above the fermentation temperature. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available to avoid clumps. Ideally, the yeast will be added during the first part of the filling of the vessel; in which case hydration can be done at wort temperature higher than fermentation temperature, the fermenter being then filled with wort at lower temperature to bring the entire wort temperature at fermentation temperature.

With prior rehydration: Alternatively, sprinkle the yeast in minimum 10 times its weight of sterile water or boiled and hopped wort at 21°C to 25°C (69°F to 77°F). Leave to rest 15 to 30 minutes, gently stir and pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel.

Origins

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Weihenstephan

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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

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