marzipan71
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Hi All - I'm brewing Northern Brewer's The Innkeeper (as a Brit, I really miss Tim Taylor's Landlord - oh my, what a beer!) from their extract kit.
The brew session went great, very happy, hit the target OG. I'm ultra-cautious with hygiene. Pitched my Wyeast smack pack of Wyeast 1469 at around 70F.
Then...nothing for 48 hours. I usually press the lid of my fermenting bins to release a little aroma through the airlock from the contents to see how things are going. Usually, this is clean smelling but the batch smelled really off, slightly cheesy and a little acetic. Yuck. I thought maybe its a dud and some beasties got in, but today (almost 60 hours later) its bubbling merrily away, and releasing that same aroma from the airlock. Cheesy, acetic.
I've not brewed with this yeast before (but I notice a few threads where everyone loves it) - is this kind of thing normal, and does it indicate a problem? I know brewing is a smelly business but all my other beers (I'm a noob, this is my 7th brew) have smelled quite nice when they've been fermenting (even my batch of Ed Wort's apfelwein!).
Any help appreciated!!
The brew session went great, very happy, hit the target OG. I'm ultra-cautious with hygiene. Pitched my Wyeast smack pack of Wyeast 1469 at around 70F.
Then...nothing for 48 hours. I usually press the lid of my fermenting bins to release a little aroma through the airlock from the contents to see how things are going. Usually, this is clean smelling but the batch smelled really off, slightly cheesy and a little acetic. Yuck. I thought maybe its a dud and some beasties got in, but today (almost 60 hours later) its bubbling merrily away, and releasing that same aroma from the airlock. Cheesy, acetic.
I've not brewed with this yeast before (but I notice a few threads where everyone loves it) - is this kind of thing normal, and does it indicate a problem? I know brewing is a smelly business but all my other beers (I'm a noob, this is my 7th brew) have smelled quite nice when they've been fermenting (even my batch of Ed Wort's apfelwein!).
Any help appreciated!!