Hello everyone.
On Sunday I bottled my first ever batch of homebrew. Today, after spending last night reading about exploding bottles I gave in to temptation and opened a bottle to see how carbonation was going (or if it was going at all). It has only been 5 days so I wasn't expecting much to be honest.
To my surprise I opened the bottle and heard a little fizz. I poured out the first half of the bottle and it looked pretty damn good! It was carbonated and had a head on it and everything! Of course I had to give it a quick taste to make sure it wasn't foul and it tasted good. I'm impressed, especially if it is supposed to be better in a couple of weeks.
The only slight worry is it doesn't smell too much like beer. It actually smelled quite a lot like a fart. Is this smell going to clear with time or will I be saying "it smells like farts but don't worry, it wont kill you and tastes ok" to everyone who has a bottle?
smell from bottle
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sargie
Re: smell from bottle
Could have been the co2 you were smelling or it may still be yeasty as its only young.
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Dances
Re: smell from bottle
I did a couple of Coopers Euro Lager kits and both did this (it does warn you in the instructions about it being down to the yeast strain).
It took about 4 weeks but the 'fart'
aroma did go and the brew turned out really good.
Just give it time.
It took about 4 weeks but the 'fart'
aroma did go and the brew turned out really good.Just give it time.
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ckingale
Re: smell from bottle
Thanks for the advice.
In that case it looks like my first brew was a success!
In that case it looks like my first brew was a success!