2nd kit kegged up

[mrfrosty]

Well finally kegged up my 2nd kit last night. Still got half a keg of Great Eastern, but last nights kegging was a Wherry. I've had some troubles with it along the way though, it stopped at about 1022 and it wouldnt go any lower, so i had a read on here and started off with a brew belt as i thought it was a bit cold. Then i'd realised that i hadnt put enough air into it when i was mixing the kit and water together, so gave it all a gentle stir. After 2 weeks and still at 1022, i put in a sachet of muntons yeast, it was the only one available in the local brew supplies. The last 2 nights its down to 1012. So it took a bit of time, and a bit of learning along the way, but with some useful reading on here it helped me solve my own problems.

Its my birthday tomorrow and i'm expecting a Gornal and Dudley bitter and a Coopers Stout, just need to make my friend drink his cider faster so i can have all his bottles. If i have the funds after these two kits are made (and my friend drinking his way through 80 Westons ciders for me) i'm hopefully going to have a dabble on the dark side with a bit of AG :twisted:

Cheers

Rob

 

[ricardo]

These Wherry kits are a right pain....mine was just the same and about 2000 other peoples !!! Pratting about for weeks adding more yeast stirring etc. Put a Coopers kit in a FV and wham.....all done in about 6 days...
They should really be looking at the reason for this sticking.
But anyway the Wherry is a nice drink.
I kegged some and bottled some.But excellent but the bottled as a bit more 'fizz' if you like that sort of thing.
I would probably do the same again tho keg most of it and bottle the remainder.
I've got a Coopers Stout in a keg....trying to keep off it for another week or so if I can.
Also about to bottle a Coopers European Lager.
Funny that the Coopers kits never seem to stick.

 

[mrfrosty]

Had a cheeky pint of my Wherry tonight, its only been kegged for just over a week and in the garage for 5 days and although it tastes OK, it does have an odd yeasty taste i think, and it obviously hasn't cleared yet. The yeasty taste i can guess is from the 2nd packet of Muntons yeast i put in to get it going again after it had stopped.

Has anyone experienced this? and have they noticed it tasting much better without the yeasty taste after its cleared and a bit more maturing??

Cheers

Rob

 

[rickthebrew]

I brewed a few wherrys in the last year and bottled them - if you can leave it for around eight weeks, this isn`t easy but should be clear and lost any yeast bite :thumb:

 

[snail59]

Ive got a Wherry kit waiting to be started :thumb: . Im now worried :cry: . Has any one found a way to stop this kit from stalling :pray: .

 

[rickthebrew]

I`ve brewed five or six and never had a stuck ferment - just go for it! if it sticks add some nutrient or new yeast and give it a stir - it`ll only come down to around 1014 in my experience :thumb:

 

[snail59]

Ok its being started tomorrow :

Coincidentally it will be my 2nd Kit.

 

[rickthebrew]

Woodfordes eastern ale is a good kit too Don`t forget the brewday pics!

 

[mrfrosty]

I've just finished drinking a keg of Great Eastern and it was a great drink, I'm going to be leaving the Wherry kegged up for a couple of months to see if it'll improve. I hope so because so many people speak highly of it. I was hoping the Wherry would but good to drink sooner as I will now have a gap between my stout finishing and bitter getting started and finished. Ah well just have to buy some commercial ale to keep me going, or go dry for a little while. :shock:

 

[john_s]

I'm going the other way round to you... I've got a Wherry conditioning, and have decided that a Great Eastern is next up.

 

[mrfrosty]

I dont think you'll be disappointed with the Great Eastern. I'm planning on going AG too in the future but i want to move house first, the house is up fot sale, just need to sell it!! :?

One of my local HBSs (if you can call 30miles away local - Hamstead Brew Centre) do a design a brew kit. You can choose 2 tins any combination ranging from light to dark malt plus wheat as well, then teabags of various grains and hops to tailor your desired taste. Its pretty much a normal kit style, but you boil up the teabags together for 20mins and pour into the FV and continue the normal kit way. Has anyone tried this design a brew for the HBC before?? It sounds like its worth a go.

 

[AdrianTrace]

One of my local HBSs (if you can call 30miles away local - Hamstead Brew Centre) do a design a brew kit. You can choose 2 tins any combination ranging from light to dark malt plus wheat as well, then teabags of various grains and hops to tailor your desired taste. Its pretty much a normal kit style, but you boil up the teabags together for 20mins and pour into the FV and continue the normal kit way. Has anyone tried this design a brew for the HBC before?? It sounds like its worth a go.

MuddyDisco recently posted about this type of kit from matchless:

viewtopic.php?p=70582#p70582

 

[mrfrosty]

That's the product, I think I'll be giving a receipe a go when I need to buy another kit