Questions re: Brewhouse kit hack.

[BeerMouth]

Hey folks,

I'm planning to hack a Brewhouse "Prairie Wheat Ale" kit to make Wit and I have a yeast question. Basically wondering which of the following yeasts I should use:

1. 3463 Forbidden Fruit Belgian White/Wit Yeast
2. WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale Yeast
3. US-05

I'm leaning towards 1 or 3 because I don't think 2 is available around here. Your help is appreciated!
Cheers,
Clint

[mthibodeau]

not that I have much experience with a Wit, but go with the wyeast, the us-05 will finish clean, and not really impart much character

[BeerMouth]

not that I have much experience with a Wit, but go with the wyeast, the us-05 will finish clean, and not really impart much character

Awesome! Thanks!

On a related note, I'm planning to hack a stout kit tonight by adding vanilla beans. I've already racked to secondary and plan to open the beans up and soak in about 2 oz of vodka for 24hrs then just toss it in. Any pitfalls I should be aware of here?

[GAM]

I'd check with Dave, MW&B or NG for yeast availability. For a Wit flavor I'd use the right yeast, i.e.. 1 or 2.

S

[BeerMouth]

I'd check with Dave, MW&B or NG for yeast availability. For a Wit flavor I'd use the right yeast, i.e.. 1 or 2.

S

Thanks! NG has yeast 1 according to their website so I'm probably gonna go with that.

[Keith]

Check with Dave he just received a fresh order in not too long ago. I've got expired dry yeast before from NG, and unsure their turn over. Probably best to build a starter IMO.

[chalmers]

This is a perfect opportunity to use the link in this thread: http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... f=3&t=8765" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WLP400 or 410 would be good, as would Wyeast 3944.