Alfred The Great
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Hey all, I just recently brewed up a Thomas Coopers Brewmaster Pilsner kit. I added 500g of Muntons light spraymalt and 2 cups of corn sugar at the start. I brewed Oct. 6th, racked to a carboy oct. 8th, oct 23rd I racked to another carboy to get this brew off the lees on the bottom and to let it age. It was kind of skunky, the instructions claimed this would settle out with time. So I left it there until nov. 8th when I bottled. Throughout all of this I kept it in a dark closet with the temperature never exceeding 70 degrees or going under 62. It wasn't too skunky when I bottled it, but last night I drank a few of these and found them to have a skunky smell, similar to some german beers I've drank, like Becks, but no skunky taste at all. Is this a problem? Anyone made this beer? Does it normally have a slightly skunky smell?
I brewed an all - gran Czech Pilsner last April, and in all honesty, it was the best beer I've ever drank, a lot better than this, but there was no skunky smell, is it just a style difference or did I mess something up?
All the best!
I brewed an all - gran Czech Pilsner last April, and in all honesty, it was the best beer I've ever drank, a lot better than this, but there was no skunky smell, is it just a style difference or did I mess something up?
All the best!