Summer in a Berliner Weisse?

[thebeerzilla]

I'm thinking of brewing a Berliner Weisse in the next couple of months.

The recipe I found suggests using Tettenang as a first wort addition. Saaz is suggested as a substitute. As Summer is a variant of Saaz do you think I'm crazy in using it for this beer?

I'd like to keep it to 5 IBU, so obviously I'm not going to use too much of it anyway.

 

[mje1980]

5 IBU you could probably use anything. And I dare say in a Berliner weisse you wouldn't pick up any hop character at all.

 

[Not For Horses]

Summer and saaz are really nothing alike but given the fruittyness of the hops and of berlinner weisse I'd say it would be great.

 

[thebeerzilla]

Looks like Summer is a goer. Not that this will put a dent in my 300g pile of those hops.

Here's my recipe if you're interested:

http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/499300/southern-hemisphere-xmas-ale