I just poured 42 bottles of HB Dunkelweizen down the drain

[MaxStout]

I can't remember the last time I poured out a whole batch of beer.

Tonight, after drinking the 5th or 6th bottle of home brew Dunkelweizen, I realized it's undrinkable. I tried to give it a chance, I really did. Smells like wet doggy, tastes like hot dog water. Fermented with Munich Classic, let the temps free-rise up to 70 or so. Otherwise, I did what I've done with countless brews before. Fastidious about sanitation, try to reduce oxidation as much as I can with bottling. Fresh ingredients. Even use the LODO trifecta to scavenge O2.

My last few brews have had the wet dog aroma, but tasted OK. This was the first where I got the meaty flavor too. Dunno what's going on. I've read that the meaty flavor is due to yeast autolysis. Didn't think that was likely at the homebrew scale, but here it is.

 

[Willy]

I can't remember the last time I poured out a whole batch of beer.

Tonight, after drinking the 5th or 6th bottle of home brew Dunkelweizen, I realized it's undrinkable. I tried to give it a chance, I really did. Smells like wet doggy, tastes like hot dog water. Fermented with Munich Classic, let the temps free-rise up to 70 or so. Otherwise, I did what I've done with countless brews before. Fastidious about sanitation, try to reduce oxidation as much as I can with bottling. Fresh ingredients. Even use the LODO trifecta to scavenge O2.

My last few brews have had the wet dog aroma, but tasted OK. This was the first where I got the meaty flavor too. Dunno what's going on. I've read that the meaty flavor is due to yeast autolysis. Didn't think that was likely at the homebrew scale, but here it is.

Sorry to hear that. It happens. For me about 1 out of 50 batches. About as much fun as losing a tank of CO2 due to a bad seal.

 

[tracer bullet]

My last few brews have had the wet dog aroma, but tasted OK.

Well, even if you aren't looking for solutions, you'll probably get conversation about it

Were you using the same hops each time, or the same bag of grain or something? Maybe one is "bad".

If not, you might consider a thorough cleaning of all the equipment, take apart every valve, outright replace every plastic item such as hoses or spigots...

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Welll that bites the big weiner!
I made a blonde ale back when I was just getting started, my swamp cooler idea failed and the temp reached 90.. I bottled it anyway,,but calling it puke worty is a complement..i dumped the entire batch, then built a l egit cooling tower and chiller
Since then, I've only had one,"dumper" my grandson had a kit ftom his college days, it was over a year old, i knew better, but he begged me to brew it with him, I brewed it, WE drank it, truth be told, I should have dumped it..i have 6 bottles l left, I'm thinking of pouring down a chipmunk hole, it tastes like the bilge of my boat smells!
I'm sure you will review your notes and all will be right with the world..

 

[madscientist451]

A yeast re-pitch?
That’s all I can think of….

 

[mashdar]

Is the yeast a repitch? Could it be an infection?

Do commercial beers taste normal? Maybe a perceptual change?

 

[Pennine]

Always disappointing to dump all that hard work and patience.

Sounds like maybe a warm temp trend if the last few batches have had similar issues?

What do you do for water?

 

[Unicorn_Platypus]

harvested yeast or fresh yeast?

maybe mix up the sanitizer with iodophor instead of starsan in case its an infection

sometimes glassware from the dishwasher tastes like wet dog. Are the glasses you are using handwashed or in the dishwasher?

 

[IslandLizard]

Ouch! Sad to read this...

Fermented with Munich Classic [...]
My last few brews have had the wet dog aroma, but tasted OK.

All using fresh yeast or repitches?

Can it be something harboring in the bottles?