I've brewed a couple of austin home brews 1gal kits to add variety to my 5 gal pipeline. at bottling they all have smelled just like that rubber stopper that comes with the kit. I wrote it off assuming that it would fade quickly once they were in the bottles and carbing up. Today I opened my first one from 3 weeks back & it still has that rubber stopper smell & a small off flavor that I can only describe as "rubber stopper". The beer (a porter that I added a tiny bit of peated malt to) is great otherwise. It may all just be in my head but I was wondering if anyone else who is using these stoppers have noticed anything similar.