Woodfordes wherry

[Hsb]

Hi guys, recently brewed a wherry kit and it’s now drinking absolutely awesome!! Nice malty taste, so good I’ve just put another 40 pints on this morning, just wondering though is there a way of getting the alcohol vol up a little? I’m a newbie to brewing so be gentle please

 

[Clint]

When you mix it you can add brewing sugar,table sugar,syrup,dry or liquid malt. Malt will give more body and taste. To get more abv you could also brew it short...add less water...but obviously you get less beer.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I brewed one yesterday a gift off my mum in law i added 500g medium dme and 500g sugar og was 5.1%

 

[Hsb]

I brewed one yesterday a gift off my mum in law i added 500g medium dme and 500g sugar og was 5.1%

Excuse my ignorance but what is dme? Also is it safe to add the sugar now , considering I mixed the malt and yeast this morning.

 

[parpot]

I have recently added a jar 487g of Pure LME (Liquid Malt Extract) from Holland & Barrett it makes it around 5% and really helps with the head retention!

 

[Horners]

Excuse my ignorance but what is dme? Also is it safe to add the sugar now , considering I mixed the malt and yeast this morning.

DME = dry malt extract AKA spray malt.

Safe to add sugar now - I would boil it up in a small amount of water to ensure sterile.

If you have a wilkos nearby they do beer enhancer which is a 50:50 mix of brewing sugar and dme which could be a good shout.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I agree with above

 

[Rodcx500z]

Excuse my ignorance but what is dme? Also is it safe to add the sugar now , considering I mixed the malt and yeast this morning.

Sorry i should have put dried malt extract, she is always buying me kits even though i now do all grain ( i don't have the heart to tell her )

 

[Clint]

All my mother in law used to fetch round here was her broomstick.

 

[Banbeer]

Safe to add sugar now - I would boil it up in a small amount of water to ensure sterile

Cool it though before adding it to your brew.

 

[Horners]

Cool it though before adding it to your brew.

Im normally pretty relaxed about adding half a pit or so of hot liquid to 23L of cold.

 

[Rodcx500z]

All my mother in law used to fetch round here was her broomstick.

Clint call it luck or what ever im very lucky she is great and will defend me if im right

 

[Wherrypuzzled]

Hi guys, recently brewed a wherry kit and it’s now drinking absolutely awesome!! Nice malty taste, so good I’ve just put another 40 pints on this morning, just wondering though is there a way of getting the alcohol vol up a little? I’m a newbie to brewing so be gentle please

This doen not really answer your question but I have done 15 or so Wherry brews and am also doing Nelsons Bitter at around 5% and Admirals Reserve at 5.5 ish. The latter is superb everyone keeps telling me so I may phase out Wherry and Nelsons and have 3 KKs full of Admirals Reserve

 

[Wherrypuzzled]

I have recently added a jar 487g of Pure LME (Liquid Malt Extract) from Holland & Barrett it makes it around 5% and really helps with the head retention!

Sounds good - if I do another Wherry I will try that - but what would be a typical og without it and with it please if you know.

Cheers Wp

 

[Hsb]

Ok guys I’m two days in and the colour is not looking good, it’s gone a coffee/ tan colour which is different from the first batch I brewed, anything wrong?

 

[terrym]

Ok guys I’m two days in and the colour is not looking good, it’s gone a coffee/ tan colour which is different from the first batch I brewed, anything wrong?View attachment 33950

It's yeast in suspension, and look OK to me. But I would move the FV into a dark place or cover it up. Light, particularly UV light, is not good for beer, it causes 'skunking' (look it up), and you have an almost clear FV. Thats why beer usually comes in brown bottles.

 

[Hsb]

Ok thanks, it was just concerning me because the previous batch I made was totally different colour at this stage, maybe because I added a little extra sugar this time?