Woodfords wherry..to bottle or to keg?

[gazkilla]

I want to do a Woodfords Wherry because of all the great reviews of it on here.
However some say its best kegged others say bottled.Whats your experience of it?
Could you add how much sugar you add if batched primed

 

[winnywood]

Personally with this kit i would keg with about 80g priming sugar
If you bottle it may go too fizzy and i dont like fizzy bitters.

 

[GavH]

If you bottle it may go too fizzy and i dont like fizzy bitters.

Don't prime the bottle with as much sugar?

I ticked the 'bottle' option, however my next Wherry will definitely be kegged.

 

[gazkilla]

I ticked the 'bottle' option, however my next Wherry will definitely be kegged.

Why ? Weren't the bottles very good?

 

[gazkilla]

bump

 

[BIGJIM72]

Bottle it-kegged Wherry always gives me acid for some strange reason. Also-think the flavour is better from a bottle.

 

[GavH]

I ticked the 'bottle' option, however my next Wherry will definitely be kegged.

Why ? Weren't the bottles very good?

Bottles were fine - I just want to see how it differs in a keg.

 

[Mark H]

I prefer all my bitters kegged, a much better mouthfeel imo. I save my bottles for lagers, cervezas etc.

 

[winnywood]

I prefer all my bitters kegged, a much better mouthfeel imo. I save my bottles for lagers, cervezas etc.

I totally agree i found even the smallest priming sugar in bottles stops it tasting like a draught beer so for me i only bottle largers and the turn out really good.

 

[Sandimas]

Totally agree too, but I have no patience when a keg is on hand, it almost has a magnetic attraction saying "DRINK ME", unlike bottles which I store away in the back of the garage (out of sight, out of mind)

So I always partially bottle all my ale brews, sometimes half of them, sometimes 10 or so, just to see what they're like aged. I just did this with a Wherry. Other brews such as lagers and stouts are all bottled, I do think ale is better out of a keg though.

 

[mickthetrick]

kegged for me.
i tried it both kegged and bottled in the past and much prefer it kegged. :thumb:

 

[Tim84]

I was hoping more people had replied to this thread!

I'm Kegging 23 litres of Wherry tomorrow - although the instructions don't mention sugar I presume it is best to add some.

How much sugar are you Wherry drinkers using for Kegged Wherry? Neat or dissolved in boiling water?

:thumb:

 

[BIGJIM72]

I find around 85g of sugar dissolved in 1/2 pint of boiling water & allowed to cool is perfectly fine for priming a keg.

 

[Tim84]

Thanks BIGJIM72, I'll do that tomorrow then... :

(is there a 'thanks' button anywhere on here?)

 

[desmosteve]

I was hoping more people had replied to this thread!

I'm Kegging 23 litres of Wherry tomorrow - although the instructions don't mention sugar I presume it is best to add some.

How much sugar are you Wherry drinkers using for Kegged Wherry? Neat or dissolved in boiling water?

:thumb:

The instructions do say something about this - "upto 100 grammes of sugar to a pressure barrel", on the side of the box :hmm:

I used about 100 gms of medium DME in the one I've just kegged and it's got a fair bit of pressure behind it after a week, still cloudy though

 

[Tim84]

The instructions do say something about this - "upto 100 grammes of sugar to a pressure barrel", on the side of the box :hmm:

I used about 100 gms of medium DME in the one I've just kegged and it's got a fair bit of pressure behind it after a week, still cloudy though

Oh yes

Should have read them before posting rather than relying on my memory of what I read 11 days ago!

Step four does indeed say to add sugar, sorry Woodforde's!

 

[Templar]

Not had the Wherry, but had the Sundew in a keg and it was beautiful. I prefer kegged ales and bottled lagers (as has been said before here) because they taste more like you get them in the pub.

That being said...

I have ticked "Keg some, bottle others", because I honestly think you need a direct comparison so YOU can figure out what YOU like. just because I prefer it in a keg doesn't mean you will.

 

[Tim84]

Following the advice on here, I'm the proud new father of my first Keg of Wherry!

I went for 80g in boiling water, cooled.

 

[winnywood]

Looks good.
Now the hard part.

WAITING

When you carnt take any more waiting just remember pour slowly them taps aint that good at getting the perfect pint.

 

[bobsbeer]

I'm the proud new father of my first Keg of Wherry!

Enjoy. It's a nice pint, but does need at least a month to come good.