Neelmo
New Member
Well here we go, first post and all!!
After having been bought a kit last Christmas, I finally took the plunge and brewed the beer a few weeks ago, Woodfordes Wherry Bitter, following the instructions the only thing I changed was to add some beer finings when decanting into a secondary vessel after nine days, this was left to clear for seven days, I then checked the SG which was 1.008, being a beginner I continued to bottle the beer into 500ml PET bottles with two fermentation drops per bottle.
The above was left to stand at 21 deg for two weeks for secondary fermentation to take place, after two weeks and being rather eager I sampled a bottle today, Mmmm, not what I expected, the bottle was hard to squeeze however the beer was sweet and tasted strong of Malt, there was a good head and the bottle exhausted some gas when the lid was cracked, it was reasonably clear for a young brew.
My question to all you seasoned experts who know this kit is, is this normal for the Wherry Bitter, if so, will it improve with age or have I messed up. as far as I am aware the temp in the FV was pretty consistent as was the temp in the second FV when the finings were added, as was the 2 weeks in the bottles, if this is how things tend to go with this kit then maybe the taste etc is not for me, I have bought a Festival Belgian Pale Ale to try next but await your comments prior to starting the 2nd brew.
Regards
Neil
After having been bought a kit last Christmas, I finally took the plunge and brewed the beer a few weeks ago, Woodfordes Wherry Bitter, following the instructions the only thing I changed was to add some beer finings when decanting into a secondary vessel after nine days, this was left to clear for seven days, I then checked the SG which was 1.008, being a beginner I continued to bottle the beer into 500ml PET bottles with two fermentation drops per bottle.
The above was left to stand at 21 deg for two weeks for secondary fermentation to take place, after two weeks and being rather eager I sampled a bottle today, Mmmm, not what I expected, the bottle was hard to squeeze however the beer was sweet and tasted strong of Malt, there was a good head and the bottle exhausted some gas when the lid was cracked, it was reasonably clear for a young brew.
My question to all you seasoned experts who know this kit is, is this normal for the Wherry Bitter, if so, will it improve with age or have I messed up. as far as I am aware the temp in the FV was pretty consistent as was the temp in the second FV when the finings were added, as was the 2 weeks in the bottles, if this is how things tend to go with this kit then maybe the taste etc is not for me, I have bought a Festival Belgian Pale Ale to try next but await your comments prior to starting the 2nd brew.
Regards
Neil
