A smell issue has plagued my last two batches of beer. First, for my very first beer I brewed a brown ale. Everything smelled and tasted great when moving it over to the keg and carbonating it. I kept it in the fridge for 3 days during carbonation and it was perfect. Then I moved it into my outside temp controlled freezer and 24 hours later it had a distinct "wet dog" odor that got worse over time.
The second batch was an ordinary bitter that was also fine at kegging. However, this time I just decided to leave it in the fridge to make it easier to get to. We drank this beer for 2 weeks with no problem and it tasted and smelled great. I then needed to cold crash a red ale so I moved the keg to my freezer. Amazingly, about 24 hours later the ordinary bitter is starting to get the exact same "wet dog" odor.
I am very anal about sanitation and I doubt this can be a coincidence that both have the same odd smell just after going into the freezer.
Thoughts?
The second batch was an ordinary bitter that was also fine at kegging. However, this time I just decided to leave it in the fridge to make it easier to get to. We drank this beer for 2 weeks with no problem and it tasted and smelled great. I then needed to cold crash a red ale so I moved the keg to my freezer. Amazingly, about 24 hours later the ordinary bitter is starting to get the exact same "wet dog" odor.
I am very anal about sanitation and I doubt this can be a coincidence that both have the same odd smell just after going into the freezer.
Thoughts?
