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    Root Beer - Okay Taste, Bad Smell

    I'm currently home from college on a break, so I won't have a chance to start it until next Saturday. I'll be sure to post once I've tried it though.
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    Root Beer - Okay Taste, Bad Smell

    Okay, I'll adjust my next bottle to include the Fermaid and bottled water, and I'll refrigerate it a few days before opening to let the yeast settle and become dormant again. I'll update this thread with the results in a week or two.
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    Root Beer - Okay Taste, Bad Smell

    I'll stop by to get some Fermaid and try that out. Is it something I could add to the existing batch, or should I just add it in to future batches when I add the yeast? For the filtered water, would that just essentially be bottled water? Would distilled water work better? I tried it before...
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    Root Beer - Okay Taste, Bad Smell

    I've tried a couple batches of root beer now, each 1.25 liters in size (plastic soda bottle). Each time it tastes alright, but it smells really bad. My friends say it's a yeasty smell, so I think there's an issue there. I have searched around on this forum in addition to using Google, but it...
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