conditioning time

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Wallingbrook

conditioning time

Post by Wallingbrook » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:54 pm

Hi all

As a newby can anyone please tell me how long the following brews will take to clear (all Woodfordes)

Nelson's Revenge, Admiral's Reserve and Nog. All in kegs.

Thanks. I know I'm looking at 6 weeks for the Wherry according to posts here.

shandypants5

Re: conditioning time

Post by shandypants5 » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:08 pm

All my Nellys revenges have cleared fairly fast (about 2 weeks) but twice I have had chill haze so it goes muddy looking again when I chill the keg. :?

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Re: conditioning time

Post by legion » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:06 pm

My Wherry never cleared, its strange as all my other brews have cleared very quickly.
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Re: conditioning time

Post by sonicated » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:31 am

legion wrote:My Wherry never cleared, its strange as all my other brews have cleared very quickly.
Same here, must be 9 weeks now.

Lillywhite

Re: conditioning time

Post by Lillywhite » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:36 am

All the Woodforde's 3 kgs kits need a minimum 6 weeks to condition and will continue to condition and clear up to 12 weeks.

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Re: conditioning time

Post by brewjohn » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:42 am

Hi , I have made a few of the 2 can kits,Wherry,Colne Valley and Fixby Gold and they all seem to need at least a couple of months to clear fully even after a a couple of weeks in primary and then a clearing stage under air lock before bottling.

kfm

Re: conditioning time

Post by kfm » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:24 am

I fully agree that the 3kg kits seem to clear slower than others but I took a lot of advice from the forum about using finings and the last 3kg kits I did (including Colne Valley Bitter and Admiral's) were crystal within a week of racking to corny. I've also found with the Brewferm Belgian kits that using boiled then cooled water has resulted in them clearing quicker. I always tend to allow a minimum of 10 days in primary now and often move the FV to a cooler environment for a few days after that to facilitate clearing before racking.

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Re: conditioning time

Post by sonicated » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:45 am

The Wherry kit I did before cleared in a week. It was quite an old kit so I think they've changed something.

I'm not impressed.

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