Munchman
Well-Known Member
I've got an odor in my newest pale ale that I can identify, but I don't know what's causing it. The pale ale is a Jamil Z recipe - the one on the beer du jour website, not the ones in the book. I used MO for the 2 row and the hops are cascade, centennial and Nugget (sub for Warrior). I used Denny's Fav 50 as the yeast from a properly sized yeast starter (it was fresh from the pack).
What I'm getting is a distinctive odor that is exactly the same one as the smell coming off the bottom of a yeast cake. Or if you're washing yeast and you've got the trub / hop sludge left at the bottom after decanting. It's a sharp organic type smell that isn't pleasing like normal hop smells. The beer smells like that in the nose and there's also an impression of it in the taste.
I want to know what I messed up to get that and I'm not educated enough in flaws yet. Is it what people call yeasty or is a DMS vegetal smell or is it something else?
What I'm getting is a distinctive odor that is exactly the same one as the smell coming off the bottom of a yeast cake. Or if you're washing yeast and you've got the trub / hop sludge left at the bottom after decanting. It's a sharp organic type smell that isn't pleasing like normal hop smells. The beer smells like that in the nose and there's also an impression of it in the taste.
I want to know what I messed up to get that and I'm not educated enough in flaws yet. Is it what people call yeasty or is a DMS vegetal smell or is it something else?