E.S.B Bavarian Wheat

Bavarian Wheat by BFG @ 15, Apr 2007
I've made this a few times as a german hefe style, using both WLP300 and 380. Turns out great with either. Last time I brewed it using 250g steeped amber grain, super alpha hops (adding 15 IBUs) and used US-56 yeast at 18*C. This was excellent, light but full bodied (fluffy?), smooth and fruity with a dry finish - perfect for February and as good as the german hefe's. This is my favourite ESB kit, and a good base for experiments.

Ol' faithful by Boozy the clown @ 21, Oct 2006
Another regular kit for me, last one was boozified - extra light dry malt, 500gms, coopers 2 (? much), WLP838 Lager yeast. CC and dry hopped with Hallertau. . Primary ferment for about 3 weeks at 14c, secondary for 4 weeks, CC for 5 weeks on the Hallertau. . Got some nice comments for this one over at AHB.

wheat beer lover look no further by stuart - Email Reviewer @ 12, Apr 2005
no special techniques used, just kept temp as close to 20 - 25 as possible used yeast supplied no extra dextrose added, just use the tin supplied, worth paying the extra money. given a 5 for the value for money

Bavarian Wheat by KoNG - Email Reviewer @ 20, Mar 2005
Good Kit. made to 22L using the supplied Safale K-97 @ 18-20degC. 6 days in primary, 6 in secondary and 8 days in CC. from memory OG=1.043 and FG=1.010 Bits added to the kit included 200g of wheat DME, 25g fresh crushed coriander seeds and 100g of honey. 4 weeks in the bottle = refreshing weizen if a little tart! 6 weeks in bottle and the tartness is subsiding which is helping. All in all a great kit and i'll do it again.

An Excellent Hefe Quaffer (II/II) by unertl - Sydney - Email Reviewer @ 07, Feb 2005
.../continued Has anyone else had the above mega-cloudiness problems? If so what can-you-do/have-you-done to address. (Both brews ~14 days ferment at 22-24 degrees C wort temp F.G 1.008)

An Excellent Hefe Quaffer (I/II) by unertl - Sydney - Email Reviewer @ 06, Feb 2005
Have made this a couple of times, it makes an excellent quaffer. Essentially the extract has got the right base flavours and the K97 dried SAFWheat yeast does a good job and providing a hint of banana and cloves. Looking forward to trying this kit with a liquid yeast. My only complaint is that the yeast seems to be ultra low floc, both times when I bottled the first 2 litres of fermented beer was mega hazy (like about 10x the "cloudiness" you would expect).

Good Easy Wheat by Chucky - Email Reviewer @ 11, Jan 2005
This was the second brew I'd laid down, and was very happy with it. I find the 3kg ESB's really easy and always quality plus. This was pitched with the supplied yeast (can't recall what it was) and fermented at low to mid 20's for about 14 days. My only criticism was that it had a little bit of residual sweetness. A liquid hefeweizen yeast and cooler temp would probably lift it one more star.

Good Drop by quincy - Email Reviewer @ 10, Jan 2005
A great kit. Made the kit as is without any adjuncts/mods. Used the dry yeast supplied with the kit. No complaints. Will maybe use a liquid yeast next time and see if this improves the results even more. Well worth it!!!!

A quality wheat beer by Snow - Email Reviewer @ 09, Jan 2005
ESB make well balanced kits with quality ingredients, IMO. I added 21L to the Bavarian Wheat 3kg kit and pitched the Wyeast 3068 liquid yeast and it produced a quality hefeweizen. The only concern might have been the darker colour from the extract, and some extra hop flavour might have been nice. Otherwise, a top drop!