Brew #2 - Woodforde's Wherry

[Antony]

Just a standard wherry brew here, I'll let everyone know how it turns out

 

[Antony]

Just an update, curently at 1.016 on the hydro, and the trial jar actually tasted pretty good. Definately not finished, but lots of hop coming through. A few more days and I think it will be ready for bottling.

 

[sdgtiger]

Done a Wherry myself for my 1st brew which has been kegged for a week now. Going to move out into the garage this weekend to cool down for a couple of weeks before I taste it so i'll be interested to compare. Got a coopers lager on the go now which will have been in FV for a week on Saturday, so another week in there before I bottle that one.

Cheers all,

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[Antony]

Alrighty,

Bottled the wherry today. Unfortunately moving it around i managed to stir up most of the trub, definately going to take a while to clear I think! Initial taste from the trial jar is definately a bit weak, but quite hoppy. Next time I might add some DME to the wort, in order to increase the strength, and give some malty flavour. If I used medium/Dark DME do you think I could convince the wherry that it is a best bitter?


Thanks Guys

 

[Antony]

Been in the warm a week, I tried one. Got to say its pretty nice, still a little clound but should settle into a nice brew. I have a second wherry on currently, but for some reason I thought it would be good to put 1kg Dark Spraymalt. Turns out when it gets wet it goes much darker. However a Best Bitter/Stout/porter with the wherry hop fruityness could be quite interesting...