First Time Wherry ---- Advice please.

[WalesAles]

Hello Everybody,
This is my first post please bear with me. Just made a Wherry (Dunelm £13.99). Followed instructions as per box, wore gloves to handle the hot tins (filled with boiling water to swill out tins), gloves not thick enough, cans too hot, dropped can into FV, ceiling splashed with beer, Ho Ho Ho. Wife heard it, saw it and just calmly said `it needed painting anyway and you`ve got a week off work`. Did a hydrometer test and it reads 1040, is this low for a Wherry or is it normal? Any advice most welcome.
Cheers WA.

[Spooneys regular]

Don't worry (wherry) about it. Tad low but if its your first brew sit it out, should give you between 4, 4 1/2%
Enjoy the experience and a good beer once your done

[WalesAles]

Tanks for the reply Spooney, but why was it low?
WA

[seymour]

Probably just a little too much water. There's not too much that can go wrong with an extract kit.

[WalesAles]

Apart from the ceiling! Ho Ho Ho!
WA

[operon]

I'm drinking my first Wherry and its lovely. Yeast stuck to the bottom of the bottle you would to shake it to dislodge while poring.

[Monkeybrew]

Hello Everybody,
This is my first post please bear with me. Just made a Wherry (Dunelm £13.99). Followed instructions as per box, wore gloves to handle the hot tins (filled with boiling water to swill out tins), gloves not thick enough, cans too hot, dropped can into FV, ceiling splashed with beer, Ho Ho Ho. Wife heard it, saw it and just calmly said `it needed painting anyway and you`ve got a week off work`. Did a hydrometer test and it reads 1040, is this low for a Wherry or is it normal? Any advice most welcome.
Cheers WA.

For a 23L Wherry brew 1.040 sounds about right to me.

My current Wherry brewed to 21L was 1.042.

Bad luck with the beer on the ceiling incident, shame your missus saw it all!

MB

[crafty john]

Hello Everybody,
This is my first post please bear with me. Just made a Wherry (Dunelm £13.99). Followed instructions as per box, wore gloves to handle the hot tins (filled with boiling water to swill out tins), gloves not thick enough, cans too hot, dropped can into FV, ceiling splashed with beer, Ho Ho Ho. Wife heard it, saw it and just calmly said `it needed painting anyway and you`ve got a week off work`. Did a hydrometer test and it reads 1040, is this low for a Wherry or is it normal? Any advice most welcome.
Cheers WA.

For a 23L Wherry brew 1.040 sounds about right to me.

My current Wherry brewed to 21L was 1.042.

Bad luck with the beer on the ceiling incident, shame your missus saw it all!

MB

+1 1.040 sounds about right

[Stomach]

Hello Everybody,
This is my first post please bear with me. Just made a Wherry (Dunelm £13.99). Followed instructions as per box, wore gloves to handle the hot tins (filled with boiling water to swill out tins), gloves not thick enough, cans too hot, dropped can into FV, ceiling splashed with beer, Ho Ho Ho. Wife heard it, saw it and just calmly said `it needed painting anyway and you`ve got a week off work`. Did a hydrometer test and it reads 1040, is this low for a Wherry or is it normal? Any advice most welcome.
Cheers WA.

For a 23L Wherry brew 1.040 sounds about right to me.

My current Wherry brewed to 21L was 1.042.

Bad luck with the beer on the ceiling incident, shame your missus saw it all!

MB

+1 1.040 sounds about right

And another +1 from me! All my 23l Wherys have been 1.040 to 1.042.

[lovelldr]

I've brewed the wherry twice so far, both times, the OG was 1.045 and the FG was 1.012, giving approx 4.3% abv. Both times it brewed short to 21l...

[WalesAles]

Thanks for the replies, I feel better now! Had a sly peek in FV 8am today, no action at all! Yeast just lying on top of brew laughing at me. Right you little buggers, gentle stir 20mm deep, now who`s laughing! Sly peek 4Hrs later, 10mm Froth, Mmmmm another gentle stir, 4 Hrs later 30mm froth. Another sly peek 2mins ago, froth touching the lid! Here we go!
WA