Description

Wyeast 3333-PC German Wheat yeast

A highly flocculent German wheat beer strain that is the perfect choice for use in Kristallweizen. This yeast strain produces a beautiful and delicate balance of banana esters and clove phenolics similar to the popular Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen. However, this strain will sediment rapidly, resulting in bright beer without filtration. The balance can be manipulated towards ester production through increasing fermentation temperature, increasing the wort density, and decreasing the pitch rate. Over pitching can result in a near complete loss of banana character. Sulfur is commonly produced, but will dissipate with conditioning.

Flocculation: High
Attenuation: 70 - 76%
Temperature: 17 - 24°C
Alcohol Tolerance: 10%
Diastatic (STA1): No

Flavour Profile: Banana, Cloves

Suitable Beer Style: Weissbier, Dunkle Weissbier, Weizenbock, Roggenbier

Availability: Periodic

Possible Substitutes

• Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Weizen yeast
• Imperial Yeast G01 Stefon Ale yeast
• Lallemand LalBrew Munich Classic yeast
• Escarpment Labs Uberweizen Yeast
• White Labs WLP380 Hefeweizen Ale IV yeast