Hi all, I've been lurking for quite some time, and find the resources here invaluable. However, I finally found a question that isn't really mentioned.
I just brewed my first beer about 3 weeks ago. It's Dead Ringer IPA (Extract) from Northern Brewer. It went well, only needed about 6 days in primary, switched over to secondary to dry hop, and let it go about 10 days.
In addition to it being my first batch, I wanted to keg it as well. So I racked it into the keg with about 2 1/2 weeks of age on it, and have force carbonated it and am dispensing it with great pleasure! However, a day or so ago, I noted that right after I dispense it and smell it, it has a weird fishy smell. Like wet dog or fish. The even weirder part is that if I let the glass sit for about 5 minutes, the smell completely vanishes.
At first I thought it might be because my Beer line isn't refrigerated like the keg/tank is (which causes what I believe is co2 bubbles in the line), or because I have it sitting in a garage where the temperature goes from ~35-45 over the course of the day.
I'm sort of at an impasse where I need someone with experience to advise. My mini fridge should be here soon, and I hope that helps keep the temperature constant and knock out that variable. But I'd really like to know what the cause of this smell is so I can avoid it in the future or just fix it here and now.
Thanks all!
I just brewed my first beer about 3 weeks ago. It's Dead Ringer IPA (Extract) from Northern Brewer. It went well, only needed about 6 days in primary, switched over to secondary to dry hop, and let it go about 10 days.
In addition to it being my first batch, I wanted to keg it as well. So I racked it into the keg with about 2 1/2 weeks of age on it, and have force carbonated it and am dispensing it with great pleasure! However, a day or so ago, I noted that right after I dispense it and smell it, it has a weird fishy smell. Like wet dog or fish. The even weirder part is that if I let the glass sit for about 5 minutes, the smell completely vanishes.
At first I thought it might be because my Beer line isn't refrigerated like the keg/tank is (which causes what I believe is co2 bubbles in the line), or because I have it sitting in a garage where the temperature goes from ~35-45 over the course of the day.
I'm sort of at an impasse where I need someone with experience to advise. My mini fridge should be here soon, and I hope that helps keep the temperature constant and knock out that variable. But I'd really like to know what the cause of this smell is so I can avoid it in the future or just fix it here and now.
Thanks all!