Best wheat beer kit

Weedy SD · Post by **Weedy SD** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:31 pm

Hello,

A friend has asked me to make a keg of wheat beer for her wedding in December. I have had some success with bitter kits, but have not tried a wheat beer before. Looking around I have found 3 kits:

Coopers Wheat Beer
John Bull Masterclass Wheat Beer
Muntons Wheat Beer

Which one would you recommend? And any other tips? Thanks very much.

CrownCap · Post by **CrownCap** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:08 pm

The yeast used with a wheat beer is apparently quite important to get results true to the style. I'd check to see if any of those kits mention what yeast they use. FWIW, the Brupaks Brewers Choice Bavarian Weissbier says that is comes with a genuine wheat beer yeast.

Weedy SD · Post by **Weedy SD** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:48 pm

CrownCap wrote:I'd check to see if any of those kits mention what yeast they use.

I couldn't find this information on the internet, except for Coopers which said "Made predominantly from the finest malted wheat and our own special strain of yeast."

So Coopers or Brewpaks may be good. Thanks. I'd like to test them all but I only have the one keg and am short on funds.

Hoppkins · Post by **Hoppkins** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:00 pm

Not gone wrong with Coopers yet.

Fozzie · Post by **Fozzie** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:29 pm

I'm thinking about getting a Brewferm Tarwebier on my next order. This appears to have received some good feedback.

The kit costs about Ã‚Â£7, and makes 15 litres...

StrangeBrew · Post by **StrangeBrew** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:51 pm

If I had to choose a wheat beer to try for the first time then I think it would be one from the brupaks range, probably the 10 litre Beers of the World Witbier.

Kit_Maker · Post by **Kit_Maker** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:02 pm

I have recently made Coopers Wheat following the directions on the can.....(500g Spraymalt and 300g Dextrose).

It turned out ok but I still felt it needed more body. You could try adding 1kg Spraymalt instead. There are many people on this site that advise doing this with Coopers Pale Ale so using 1Kg spraymalt might be good in the Wheat Beer aswell.

I have also just bottled a John Bull Masterclass Wheat Beer 3kg kit. I had a taste before bottling and I'm very happy with the result. It has a more full taste than the Coppers and most of the people who posted about this kit got their's down to a final gravity of .005.

sparky Paul · Post by **sparky Paul** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:09 pm

I've also got a JB Masterclass Wheat beer bottle conditioning, but it's only just starting to clear... I might be able to give you an idea what it's like in a few weeks...

Then again, I'm no expert on Wheat beers, but it did taste nice at bottling time.

Weedy SD · Post by **Weedy SD** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:07 am

Excellent, so it seems that all of the wheat beers (exept Muntons) have been tested and taste good. I think I will go for the Coopers with spraymalt or JB because they make a greater volume. Or I could do 2 cans of the others, I suppose. So much choice!

fivetide · Post by **fivetide** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:01 pm

Drink it now

Now THAT'S the kind of advice that will please anybody!

sparky Paul · Post by **sparky Paul** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:18 pm

DaaB wrote:
sparky Paul wrote:I've also got a JB Masterclass Wheat beer bottle conditioning, but it's only just starting to clear...
Drink it now, they generally aren't supposed to be clear, wheat can often make it hazy and in my limited experience of them they taste best fairly young.

Do you mean I've got to drink it all at once?

It's not hazy, it's like soup - but I can see that the denser stuff is settling out, leaving a hazy top. I don't mind it a bit cloudy, but it still looks a bit thick to me...

What's the recommended serving temperature for wheat beers?

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