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Wherry - Is this wrong?
Having been a little short of time recently, AG stocks have lapsed and I'm left with very little beer. This not only means I will probably end up drinking the AG batches when they are not ready and also I have to buy some beer from the supermarket.
My second batch of AG is going to be ready to barrel this weekend and rather than waste the Wyeast, I thought I might actually make up a wherry and pitch using the yeast cake. Not only reusing the wyeast but also getting another quick batch together so avoid running out again.
Is this wrong?
Has anyone else tried substituting the yeast of a wherry?
I had some wherry at Xmas and I was reminded of really how nice a beer it is.
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Posted 2 years ago by Member
I can't see anything wrong with that at all Greg. Its bound to alter the taste of the Wherry though but impossible to know exactly how up front.
If you're going to use it straight away you should be able to pour your wort right onto the cake in the fv. I tried this once a long time ago and found the fermentation starts almost immediately and is exceptionally vigorous, make sure you leave plenty of space for the krausen as its likely to go nuts in just a few hours.
Good luck Greg, I say go for it and let us know how it works out!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 2 years ago by Admin
I did think about doing that but I'm little worried about hygiene on the used bin, especially around the top of the bin. I was thinking about sterilising a new bin, emptying the yeast slurry into that then chucking the wherry on top.
I'll stick some photo's up when I've got it together.
Posted 2 years ago by Member
Yeah, I second Tony's comment about the immediacy (is that a word?) and aggressiveness of the krausen. I recently re-pitched wort onto the slurry in a gallon demijohn that'd been used for an ale previously (the original yeast was SafAle04; this was just an experiment) and it went mad for the first day but after it settled down and the top of the airlock stopped leaping off in all directions it looked normal. Only drank the final product last night and it was completely fine. Took slightly longer to clear and there was a bit more sediment than normal in the bottom of the bottle, but it was otherwise totally fine.
What I did was empty about 2/3 of the slurry out of the demijohn before adding the new wort and TBH, that was probably still a not enough to remove, so I would aim to remove 3/4 or 4/5 next time.
As for hygiene and crud around the top, I just left it there and it all turned out fine. As long as the original brew is sterile enough then I guess it's 'clean dirt'.
Fermenting: Marston's Pedigree
Conditioning (Bottles): Warsteiner Lager Clone
Drinking (King Keg): Fullers London Pride
Posted 2 years ago by Admin
Thanks for the post both.
I think I'm going to put it into a clean bin as the original is only in a ferment bin with the lid on so not under airlock. I'm going to tip the some of the left overs out, then put the balance in a 30 litre ferment bin (so its got plenty of room) and pour the made up wherry mix on top and see what happens.
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