One of the worst

I brewed a lot of hefe with wyeast 3068 and used a lot of different kits. Port66, muntons, brewferm Tarwabier and this. This was the thinnest beer of them all and lack of mouthfeel really is a killjoy with wheatbeers.

A great kit

This is the new Preacher's Hefe wheat kit (all older reviews from 2015 and back fall out of this category) new kit has Belgian Wheat style yeast, old kit was American style wheat (ale yeast, no esters)

I've done probably around 8-10 of these kits now, all slightly different. Lately I've been adding too much seed (20-30g crushed) and it's been too overpowering, to the point where it merges with the yeast to form a ‘sewerage’ type taste and aroma, n that aint' no good.. the sewerage dies off over time and then you just get a coriander seed beer. I've also tried brewing with honey, no different in taste whatsoever because it's so highly fermentable, honey malt would be the go.

I've stopped adding peel and settled on 10g coriander seed, 15g pride of Ringwood (very short boil) a bit of Hallertau or similar (again, very short boil) and sometimes some specialty ‘pale ale’ fruity aroma hops (all thrown in to the fermenter) but to tell you the truth I can never even detect these. They have massive effects on ales I brew with clean ale or lager yeast, but the Belgian style yeast provided within the kit is so good these are undetectable. I always use 1.5kg wheat malt extract and the Pride of Ringwood helps bring the final product up to ‘Redback’ clone territory. Another favorite of mine. Always brewed under 22 degrees but finally have one in the fridge at 24 so see if I can detect more banana this batch

I feel you can quite easily make a Hoegaarden clone from the kit also. It's versatile, it's simple, choice of yeast is excellent,  it's been rated #1 at beer comps over all grain, it's a great piece of kit

Easy, fast and very drinkable

I have made this twice as a Hefeweizen attempt. Once in a 12 litre with the kit only and once as a 23 litre with the kit and coopers wheat LME. I guess they came out pretty much the same, but the latter slightly better as I used a 3.party Bavarian Yeast strain from Mangrove Jack´s. Both got a lot of banana and "soapy" taste, which is not unusual in wheat beers. They will clear up a lot in a few weeks and become more of a crystal weiss beer. Not that that matters to much. I can´t put my finger on it, but believe they taste a bit extract like and looses some of the character of a great weiss beer; Expect a thin, clear and "soapy" wheat beer, that is somewhat lager like. It certainly helps to throw in a slice of lemon at serving and it becomes very drinkable. Just don´t expect a Paulander or anything really close to German weiss beers, but it still works somehow.   The good is that it will ferment fast (7 days) and mature in (14-20 days). Good turn-around alternative for summer days.

Full flavour

Good Hefeweizen Kit

Honey Wheat Beer

Coopers Wheat Beer

First time brewing

Coopers Wheat

Coopers Wheat Beer

Love it

Needs hops?

weizen

have done this as a base for hefeweizen probably a dozen times using wyeast 3068. The yeast that comes with it wont make a wheat beer - at best it will make an american style wheat. Brewed with 1.0kg muntons dried wheat malt, 3068 to 20 litres at 22c. banana esters and tart! A great base for a wheat, not very bitter at all- probably the most consistant can for a wheat beer I have found