The Smells of Brewing

[MaxStout]

I love all the smells of brewing but my entire family hates it. Especially mash and boil time. It's a real challenge scheduling Brew Day is when they're not home.

My wife absolutely HATES the smells of brewing. She says it reminds her of a bowl of oatmeal (which she hates with the burning passion of a thousand suns). She loves the end product, of course, though she doesn't drink as much of it as I do.

She visits her 97-year-old mom every few weeks and stays overnight. Those are the "me times" I take advantage of to brew.

 

[day_trippr]

I confess I'm conflicted wrt enjoying the aroma of brewing as it indicates desired character escaping into the atmosphere despite my efforts to keep all that in the product. Meanwhile The Spousal Unit seems to just be happy I'm home

Cheers!

 

[Henbrew]

One person's meat is another's poison, I guess.

I personally LOVE the smell of the bubbling airlock!!!

Oh, I love the airlock smell too but when you ferment in a chest freezer the CO2 saturates the entire space. If I go for a sniff during active fermentation it just burns my nose.

 

[Lampy]

Have to admit I am a big time airlock sniffer... and I smell the hops pellets bag every time too.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Have to admit I am a big time airlock sniffer... and I smell the hops pellets bag every time too.

You a brave person. Alot of us aren't so willing to admit the smells we like.

 

[OleBrewing]

the hot scotchy midway thru the mash.

 

[cfrazier77]

Does homebrew farts the next day count? Sometimes I can chase myself out of a room, definitely the worst smell.