Wherry beer and stock yeast

[Ramshackle]

Hi, just completed my first beer brew, or to be precise, lager, from the coopers range, which seemed to go well and is second fermenting in some pet bottles, chose the coopers kit for the brewing bin, liked the Kreisen ring idea, which seemed to work well, will know in a couple of weeks how it tastes! - now I'm ready to start my second brew and bought the woodfordes Wherry kit, which was on offer at wilkos and a bargain!

So my question is, I've read that so4 yeast? Is better than the stock one supplied in the Wherry kit, are the differences that major or only likely to be noticed by a beer purist? I have ordered some from Amazon, should I wait til it arrives or plough on with the yeast in the kit.... Your advice would be most welcome...

 

[Slid]

Hi, just completed my first beer brew, or to be precise, lager, from the coopers range, which seemed to go well and is second fermenting in some pet bottles, chose the coopers kit for the brewing bin, liked the Kreisen ring idea, which seemed to work well, will know in a couple of weeks how it tastes! - now I'm ready to start my second brew and bought the woodfordes Wherry kit, which was on offer at wilkos and a bargain!

So my question is, I've read that so4 yeast? Is better than the stock one supplied in the Wherry kit, are the differences that major or only likely to be noticed by a beer purist? I have ordered some from Amazon, should I wait til it arrives or plough on with the yeast in the kit.... Your advice would be most welcome...

The yeast with the kit makes ace beer, but is very slow to clear.
So you end up with some perfectly drinkable yeasty beer, which provides a good amount of dietery fibre, at the *** end of a bottle, that you don't pour into the main glass.

My suggestion is to do it once with the supplied yeast and do it for twice with another. Then decide. Either way it will make great beer.

 

[Ramshackle]

Cheers for the quick reply, will give that a try, at least I can get that on the go tomorrow, which means a trip to wilkos to pick up another Wherry kit at that super price of £14.00 ish - just hope bbq season is a good one... Got a lot of beer to drink!

 

[serum]

Wherry is great brewed using nothing but the kit ingredients although I brewed it to 20L instead of 23 to give it a little more of a kick.

From my limited experience Yeast is something you need to spend a good amount of time learning about. With some beers, yeast really is the star of the show but others are more about the malt and hops. I'd definitely agree with trying the kit yeast then trying a different one after to see what it does.

 

[Ramshackle]

This beer brewing is quite an addiction! The good lady has managed to put a big dent in my wine producing efforts (between her and her sister) so I had to do something... And beer seemed to be the way to go.... The aromas from the bin are quite nice and seem to give me confidence I'm doing something right at least!

Another question - I'm used to clearing my wine with finings, is that a no no with beer?