Hokie_Brewer
Well-Known Member
Third batch, so bear with me....
I just opened the fermenter after 3 weeks to drop in the dry hops, and the beer smelled kinda bad....i was expecting the nice hoppy smell that i was getting out of the airlock the first week or two, and instead i got a very unappetizing stale smell.
I also see some stuff floating, but I'm pretty sure they are just the "yeast rafts" everyone freaks out about.
Should it be smelling bad though? what should I be expecting? Thanks
I just opened the fermenter after 3 weeks to drop in the dry hops, and the beer smelled kinda bad....i was expecting the nice hoppy smell that i was getting out of the airlock the first week or two, and instead i got a very unappetizing stale smell.
I also see some stuff floating, but I'm pretty sure they are just the "yeast rafts" everyone freaks out about.
Should it be smelling bad though? what should I be expecting? Thanks