interesting scent in fermenter 10 days in

[Rguardian989]

i just opened my carboy filled with a citra ipa i did recently. its been in there for about 10 days and it has a very interesting smell. its not hoppy to the gills like i would have expected it to be but it doenst smell bad like there is an infection nor does it look like there is one.

any ideas why im experiencing this?

 

[Priemus]

You take a sniff and it smells a little sour, almost hot and burns your nose a little?

Mmmm c02 burn, really hits the spot

 

[IrregularPulse]

Yeah, you're getting a big whiff of CO2 I've been brewing for almost 3 years now and still forget. Open the bucket take a whiff and cry as your brain dies and a little and your nose catches fire. I stopped telling myself not to do it again.

 

[marubozo]

Hah, I remember my first CO2 sniff. I thought the scent coming out of the airlock was great so when I popped the lid I stuck my nose in and inhaled deeply... and then literally almost passed out.

I went a long time without repeating that mistake until I started kegging. I forgot that I left them full of CO2 after pressure testing so after I popped the lid I stuck my nose in there to see if it smelled clean. :cross: There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

 

[CrustyBrau]

Mine smells like hops