kurds_2408
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Let me just start by saying I'm not gonna dump it. I know to just let it ride for a while.
I brewed up Austin Homebrew's blue moon clone, all grain BIAB. I let it primary for two weeks. When I went to bottle it had kinda a funk to it. Maybe rotten fruit smell. It still had some goop floating on top at the time but it just looked like a little krausen. And I hadn't used Wit Bier yeast beer yeast before and new it was a low fluctuating yeast so I didn't worry to much. I went ahead and bottled it, which was prolly my biggest mistake. I cracked a couple open tonight. That smell is still there. The beer actually tastes really good it's just that smell is strong and horrible. It makes it ha rd to drink cause you can't ignore the bad smell while you taste the good beer.
I did some research on this and all I've found is people having it in primary and letting it age out. I don't know if it's an infection or caused by a mistake in my process. As I said I don't plan on dumping it. Since mines in bottles was just wondering if anyone knows if this will go away with time? Should I put them in the basement and forget about them for a couple months or just power through the smell?
Also just wanted to know what could have caused this? And how do I avoid it cause I only made half the kit and have another half to make? I also washed the yeast from the batch to use for the second half, is it ok to use the washed yeast?
It was WLP400 Belgian Wit. Fermented for two weeks at 63f-69f. Didn't take FG (lost hydrometer). I can post recipe if need be.
I brewed up Austin Homebrew's blue moon clone, all grain BIAB. I let it primary for two weeks. When I went to bottle it had kinda a funk to it. Maybe rotten fruit smell. It still had some goop floating on top at the time but it just looked like a little krausen. And I hadn't used Wit Bier yeast beer yeast before and new it was a low fluctuating yeast so I didn't worry to much. I went ahead and bottled it, which was prolly my biggest mistake. I cracked a couple open tonight. That smell is still there. The beer actually tastes really good it's just that smell is strong and horrible. It makes it ha rd to drink cause you can't ignore the bad smell while you taste the good beer.
I did some research on this and all I've found is people having it in primary and letting it age out. I don't know if it's an infection or caused by a mistake in my process. As I said I don't plan on dumping it. Since mines in bottles was just wondering if anyone knows if this will go away with time? Should I put them in the basement and forget about them for a couple months or just power through the smell?
Also just wanted to know what could have caused this? And how do I avoid it cause I only made half the kit and have another half to make? I also washed the yeast from the batch to use for the second half, is it ok to use the washed yeast?
It was WLP400 Belgian Wit. Fermented for two weeks at 63f-69f. Didn't take FG (lost hydrometer). I can post recipe if need be.