woodfordes wherry

[AT]

turned out very bad, sour rotten after taste undrinkable. Maybe i learned a lesson, never make a kit when you're already wankered drunk! i'm still waiting for my broadband to be connected it's like living in the dark ages. Gutted about the wherry it was my first 3kg kit, i made lots of mistakes making it due to my drunken state so i can't even be sure what spoiled it. Did a Coopers draught last night (sober) wish me luck guys. I hope to be back online this week

[deadlydes]

i have done a wherry kit and it was awesome. so have mates and they have tasted just as good.

sounds like the brewer is at fault here! Unlucky
better luck next time

[Vossy1]

Good luck with the new kit AT

[oxford brewer]

it was my first 3kg kit, i made lots of mistakes making it due to my drunken state(wankered drunk ) so i can't even be sure what spoiled it.

Possible clue as to what went wrong in there somewhere

Time for drinking when the work is done(odd pint or 2 during the boil perhaps )

Hope your next kit is OK

Colin

[eskimobob]

Could it have had anything to do with fermentation temperature AT?

I now think my recent Wadworth 6X turned out bad because I had it too warm for the first full day of the fermentation. Those little yeasty blighters didn't like it up em

[Frothy]

is this otherwise a good kit? I'm trying to get a friend into brewing and I think I'll buy him either a 3kg Woodford kit or 3kg muntons gold???

Matt

[noby]

is this otherwise a good kit?

To ease myself back into brewing after a bit of a break, I brewed this kit after I read some favourable reviews.

So far so good. It's in the keg a couple of weeks. I also threw a fist of Goldings into the keg.
Defenitely a good taste for something that takes about ten minutes to brew (or so it seems). Worth paying the extra money as opposed to a cheaper kit, but I must really start buying ingredients again.

[AT]

Good luck with the Coopers kit, hope you steralised everything really thoroughly first as it sounds like you may have had an infection in the Wherry.

i always sterilise everything, i kinda figured it was an infection, my point was that i made so many mistakes that i couldn't pinpoint which one infected it. Couldn't have been the tempature it never changed one degree from the rest of my kits. anyway a lesson learned consuming booze when making booze doesn't work well. I did make turbo cider which was a huge success with everybody until the headaches the next morning.

[Kev.]

is this otherwise a good kit?
Matt

Never brewed it myself but I've a kit brewing friend who brewed it a few times and absolutely loves it.

[bitter_dave]

I've made the Wherry kit, and it was a beaut. If you gave your mate a wherry kit (very generous), I'm sure it would get him hooked on the homebrew bug - it did me.

[AT]

got myself another wherry kit, i'll just have to be more careful this time. I wonder if it has anything to do with just using filtered water instead of boiling? it was the first time i didn't boil the water.

[jogger321]

I must have made over 20 Wherry kits over the last few years and never had problems with any of themand always good results..I really don't do anything special apart from always well steralise and rinse the fermenting bin and barrel..I use a heating band on the fermenting bin in the winter..apart from that I brew, I drink, I brew, I drink but not at the same time

[Steeev]

Avoid the 'Old Ale' which tastes like it's made by mashing old car tyres.

That's not the Almondbury Old of which you speak is it?
I fancied trying that, but I'm not very partial to tyres.

[Vossy1]

I've done the Almondbury Ale and it was very good

Not a tyre in sight

[Steeev]

Fantastic! Thanks guys.