wheat beer split

[calumscott]

Mine's collapsed and was down to about 1.016 yesterday.

Oddly I find the early sample of wheats utterly vile! :sick: Strange when it will be delicious in about three weeks time!

 

[sam.k]

well I tested and its down to 1.010.
should I wait for the yeast cap to sink? im thinking it may ferment out a bit more if the cap is floating still

 

[pittsy]

sometimes it just stays , i would wait , test tomorrow and if same bottle .

 

[sam.k]

Righto, now for another question.
The yeast that's on top, can I pop some of that into a sterilized container and save it?

 

[pittsy]

yes , make a starter with it when you're ready , if you only have a bit make 500ml water with 50 g dme then after 2 days it'll be ready to pitch (wheats beers need less yeast than most ales to promote the esters )

 

[sam.k]

Splendid, cheers for the help.

 

[sam.k]

the first half is bottled and the second half is on fruit, I went for 1kg of mixed berries, they where 250g blackberries, 250g raspberries, 250g, redcurrants, 250g blackcurrants

should be interesting.

 

[sam.k]

I popped a couple of bottles into the fridge today, one of each.
they are clearing a ,little at the top and have dropped a hell of a lot of loose sediment to the bottom of the bottles, im wondering if I want that in the glass or should I try and avoid letting it out odf the bottle?

 

[pittsy]

I usually would say mix it up but it may be sediment from the fruit rather than protein and yeast so i would avoid it . Let us know how they taste .

 

[sam.k]

well the fruit one is going to need longer conditioning as it was pretty extreme, the standard was very nice.

 

[Steve]

Good to hear it turned out well. I'm going to be adding some wheat to my next bulk order to try out a basic wheat like this. How has it turned out in comparison to the commercial beers?

 

[sam.k]

Umm good question, I've only had a few commercial ones but mine seemed lighter and less spicy then the ones I've tried.
It was super refreshing though.
I imagine with practice I will make better wheats.