Another first attempt at a wherry post

[Dormouse]

Hello everyone, Trawled this board quite a bit recently so decided to sign up. After a couple of sucessful batches of cider i set my first lot of wherry off, it's been in the fv for 6 days and is currently sat at 1011 and has been for the last 2 days. Completely forgot to take a reading before i set it off but from what i have read it would be 1040-1045. I've heard that i should leave it in the fv for about 10 days to give it a chance to clear before moving it to my keg for priming. Does this actually reduce the time it would take the beer to clear in the keg or is it just to improve flavours. Got people coming round in 2 weeks and they are wanting to try it so can't decide if i should move it now so it has a bit more time in the keg or just leave it where it is for the full 10 days then transfer it.

Many thanks

Jon

[bigdave]

A few days in the FV is unlikely to make a massive difference. It's going to take at least 2 weeks to clear once in the keg anyway.

[Dormouse]

cheers, will rack it off on saturday then. not sure it's gonna be ready for the 12th though, looks like we might have to just put up with the home made turbo cider. sure we can have a couple of pints out of it tho.

[barl_fire]

cheers, will rack it off on saturday then. not sure it's gonna be ready for the 12th though, looks like we might have to just put up with the home made turbo cider. sure we can have a couple of pints out of it tho.

You might be very surprised just how good the Wherry tastes by the 12th with a couple of weeks conditioning. Don't however be put off by it not being clear by then as it's notorious for taking an age to clear. Mine never made it to the four week mark and subsequently didn't finish clearing before it was all sunk, however it was amazingly suppable after 2-3 weeks.

[At. Ailbhe's Brewery]

The Wherry is some thirst quencher after only two weeks!

I had mine bottled two weeks (to the day) before Christmas Day, and I popped a bottle with the Christmas dinner. It was beautiful.

[micromaniac]

Hello everyone, Trawled this board quite a bit recently so decided to sign up. After a couple of sucessful batches of cider i set my first lot of wherry off, it's been in the fv for 6 days and is currently sat at 1011 and has been for the last 2 days. Completely forgot to take a reading before i set it off but from what i have read it would be 1040-1045. I've heard that i should leave it in the fv for about 10 days to give it a chance to clear before moving it to my keg for priming. Does this actually reduce the time it would take the beer to clear in the keg or is it just to improve flavours. Got people coming round in 2 weeks and they are wanting to try it so can't decide if i should move it now so it has a bit more time in the keg or just leave it where it is for the full 10 days then transfer it.

Many thanks

Jon

as barl fire said wherry takes an age to clear,made wherry 4 times and its usualy 10 --12 weeks old by drinky time and it can still be a touch misty then.but its a bostin brew after only a month . i tend to try a sample about every 2 weeks till i get round to cracking it proper.try the eastern ale its a really good brew too

[Dormouse]

cheers guys, racked it off last night with some palm sugar to prime. kept 1 litre in a clear plastic bottle and the rest went into a keg. tried a bit and it tasted ok but def tastes like it needs more time to mature. i've stuck it in the front room with the brew belt on it, how long before i should move it out to the garage to chill?

[scottmoss]

Hi,
I usually leave it at 18-21c for a week but 4-5 days should be fine.

[Dormouse]

thanks for your help guys. Right i've racked it off and primed it in a keg on thursday so going to move it out to the garage tonight. Am I right in thinking its better that the weather is really cold at the moment so garage will be about 5C. Does this help in clearing the beer or is it better to be sat somewhere a bit warmer to aid the maturing process, Ive read people who recommend moveing the primed keg to somewhere between 1-5C and the beer should clear in 48 hours but if the yeast all drop out does that slow the maturing?

[cheshire31]

My Wherry started on boxing day. Now its an absoloute treat. I would drink it happily above most pub ales.

edit: Dormouse mine still isnt 100% clear but its getting there

[micromaniac]

thanks for your help guys. Right i've racked it off and primed it in a keg on thursday so going to move it out to the garage tonight. Am I right in thinking its better that the weather is really cold at the moment so garage will be about 5C. Does this help in clearing the beer or is it better to be sat somewhere a bit warmer to aid the maturing process, Ive read people who recommend moveing the primed keg to somewhere between 1-5C and the beer should clear in 48 hours but if the yeast all drop out does that slow the maturing?

usally keep my wherry 4-5 days in warm then move it to the garage .it will be a mirical if its clear in 48 hrs usally takes 2-3 weeks for the wherry ive made.the yeast falling to bottom has no effect on maturation.this just comes with time.some brewers actually do a second rack for up to 2 weeks before kegging , theory is yeast is a living thing and as it dies, like other living things it decomposes and this in itself can affect the taste of the brew.never bothered doing it meself tho.so all should be ok as youve done .

[Dormouse]

Cheers guys, moved it into the garage and set it up on the bottom shelf high enough to get a pint glass under the tap. Decided to pour off a small glass and ended up with about 50% foam quite a bit of which ended up on me and the floor. Is this just cos it's the first time i've taken any out or is it because i have a cheap barrel with a rubbish tap for pouring. tasted pretty nice though, gonna try leave it til at least the 12th and may have a couple then to try it out.

[scottmoss]

Cheers guys, moved it into the garage and set it up on the bottom shelf high enough to get a pint glass under the tap. Decided to pour off a small glass and ended up with about 50% foam quite a bit of which ended up on me and the floor. Is this just cos it's the first time i've taken any out or is it because i have a cheap barrel with a rubbish tap for pouring. tasted pretty nice though, gonna try leave it til at least the 12th and may have a couple then to try it out.

hi,

when you transfer the beer to somewhere cool the beer will start to absorb the CO2 (thats what gives it the fizz) so the reason it was like that is because the ale has not absorbed the excess CO2.