I've played around with hefe's for a while. I can never seem to really get a good balance of phenols to esters. One is usually heavier than the other. I pretty much exclusively use the WYeast weihenstephaner 3068 yeast. I've tried a couple others but end up going back to that one. I've tried doing a ferulic acid rest and playing with ferm temps. The ferulic acid rest seemed to improve phenolics, but the beer wasn't as pillowy and balanced. Might have been screwed up in other ways.
Anyway, next weekend I'm gonna brew a hefe again. I'd like to get a balanced beer. I'm thinking that I'm gonna skip the ferulic acid rest, it's a PITA since I don't have a HERMS or RIMS and it makes the brew day extra long since I have to let it mash at those temps for about 45 min to an hour, then do a beta/alpha rest. So I think I'm gonna mash around 150. Then I'm gonna ferment starting at 65 and ramp it to 72 by day three and let it finish there.
Any other suggestions?