Woodfordes Wherry Kit Question..

[LRB1975]

Hi,
I am new here, so firstly hello to everyone!

I am also new to home brewing and have started a Woodfordes Wherry Kit (as it's one of my favorites and also my local brewery). I started the kit on Sunday afternoon, and everything seems to have gone well so far! Fermentation started within 24 hours and the temperature has remained aroung 20 fairly constantly.
The bubbling seemed to have slowed or stopped yesterday so I took a sample and tested with the hydrometer and got a reading of around 1.014, thats if I am readiing it correctly and the low end is the top of the scale and the high end the bottom?
Anyway, I was going to carry on to secondary fermentation in the pressure barrel, but noticed there was still bubbles rising slowly, so left it. Will the bubbles stop completely of just slow right down before I should carry on? Can you leave it too long before starting secondary fermentation?
I intend to take a reading again tonight so maybe it will be the same?

Thanks for looking!

 

[lazydog]

i think 3 readings the same then go for it (but what do :drunk: i know)

 

[paulbrrtt]

Im quite new also but I dont think theres any problem leaving it longer 3 readings sounds right. But as I said im new also. Funny enough I have just got hold of a wherry kit today along with a coopers lager looking foreward to doing this tomorrow

 

[corby_brewer]

you can safely leave it in the FV for about 14 days, you hydro reading still seems a bit high to me. have a read of this thread - viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3903&hilit=Woodfordes+Wherry or this viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3509&start=20&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=Woodfordes+Wherry it might help.

 

[LRB1975]

Hydrometer reading tonight is around 1.012/1.013. Out of interest, do you put the samples taken back in the FV, or do you discard...if I keep chucking them, I will have a pint less to drink! :shock:

 

[lazydog]

i use em as tasters hic hic

 

[damfoose]

Hydrometer reading tonight is around 1.012/1.013. Out of interest, do you put the samples taken back in the FV, or do you discard...if I keep chucking them, I will have a pint less to drink! :shock:

Drink em its a bad idea to put it back as it will more than likley be exposed to some form of nasty that will gladly wreck your beer.

 

[LRB1975]

I checked the brew again tonight and got another reading of 1.012, so would you say it's safe to proceed to secondary fermentation tomorrow night? It will have been 8 days then?

Cheers.

 

[Wez]

Yep for Wherry..it's ready :thumb:

 

[paulbrrtt]

I have just started on my wherry but I hope it will be o as I deviated from the instructions slightly, I rehydrated the yeast with half a pint of water some yeast vit and a spoonfull of BKE stirred and left for half hr before pitching. (I read it somewhere). So just panicking now if it will be ok

 

[tubby_shaw]

It'll be reet :thumb:
It might even help to get the fermentation going quicker :)

 

[GazBar]

My Wherry stuck at 1020, Was there for nearly a week before i could get some S-04 and get things going again. From what I have tasted so far its going to be very nice

 

[paulbrrtt]

Just had a look at it now(been about 8hrs) and a few small patches of foam are appearing. thought it would have been going a bit quicker but least its started. temp is between (20/22). fingers crossed it will be ok.

 

[paulbrrtt]

Shes going now lol nice head starting to form

 

[paulbrrtt]

Just had another peep smells a lot like elderflower to me

 

[Leglesstwot]

Just had another peep smells a lot like elderflower to me

Stop bloody messing with it, leave it covered up it will ferement on it's own without you watching it! You'll be tempted to drink it before it's finished fermenting at this rate

Seriously I tend not to uncover my fermentimg beer if I can help it as it gives bugs the chance to get in, leave it covered and let it do it's own thing and it'll be fine.

 

[LRB1975]

If you are secondary fermenting in a pressure barrel, do you add CO2 straight away, or wait till you have started drinking it?

 

[paulbrrtt]

But its sitting there calling out to me lol, No serious I will not peep anymore but roughly how long till fermentation is finished? Im sure I read somewhere that woodfordes take longer to ferment. I started it last night so bout Friday? also should I let it ferment out completly? or stop it early so it can carry on fermenting in the barrell/bottles.

 

[Leglesstwot]

But its sitting there calling out to me lol, No serious I will not peep anymore but roughly how long till fermentation is finished? Im sure I read somewhere that woodfordes take longer to ferment. I started it last night so bout Friday? also should I let it ferment out completly? or stop it early so it can carry on fermenting in the barrell/bottles.

I started mine last Wednesday night and its still bubbling albeit a lot slower now than it was. The kit suggests 5-6 days but I reckon it'll take a bit longer although this is the first Wherry I have done and my first premium kit ever so what do I know? :hmm:

 

[paulbrrtt]

I know this is a premium kit, but I have got to ask a stupid question here, why is it premium lol because the only difference I can see is ther are two cans instead of one and i dont add sugar. So with that in mind if I bought two cans of say coopers bitter and used them together would that require sugar then? Also would it then become a premium beer. Im bracing myself to get shot down in flames here lol