brewzombie
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Brewing a Brown Porter using Wyeast London Ale Yeast for the first time. The fermentation seems excellent. I used a 2 step starter to get the right amount of yeast for the batch. BUT I've noticed since it's been fermenting that the aroma coming from the bung is not as pleasant as with other beers I've made. It's a little sour. Not rancid, definitely yeasty, but not the bread yeast smell I'm used to or the hop smell I'm used to with more hoppy beers.
I'm wondering if this is a normal smell for London Ale Yeast or if maybe I have an infection...I'd be shocked since I've never experienced this before and am very careful with sanitation. But I definitely didn't notice this scent when I was growing the starter...
The other possibility is that I noticed after sanitizing the primary bucket with starsan (no-foam), I opened the lid and poured out the starsan and it kinda reeked. My brew buddies were surprised by how strong the scent from the bucket was (as was I), but I didn't think much of it at the time. I thought that maybe it was just a combo of the acid from the starsan and the hop residue that had been in the bucket from my last IPA...it was still a bit green from it. BUT instead of washing out the smelly bucket and re-sanitizing I just poured out the solution and brewed as usual...
Any thoughts? I could use some reassurance that this batch won't be disgusting.
I'm wondering if this is a normal smell for London Ale Yeast or if maybe I have an infection...I'd be shocked since I've never experienced this before and am very careful with sanitation. But I definitely didn't notice this scent when I was growing the starter...
The other possibility is that I noticed after sanitizing the primary bucket with starsan (no-foam), I opened the lid and poured out the starsan and it kinda reeked. My brew buddies were surprised by how strong the scent from the bucket was (as was I), but I didn't think much of it at the time. I thought that maybe it was just a combo of the acid from the starsan and the hop residue that had been in the bucket from my last IPA...it was still a bit green from it. BUT instead of washing out the smelly bucket and re-sanitizing I just poured out the solution and brewed as usual...
Any thoughts? I could use some reassurance that this batch won't be disgusting.