Whats that smell in the bucket after bottling?

[jplowe]

I'm new to homebrewing but love beer. My first batch is a red/amber ale that is bottle conditioning right now. Before bottling, I took a whiff and it smelled like great beer and looks awesome but had a hint of skunkiness. It was a pleasant smell but reminded me a bit of Old Style/Milwaukee/Hams sort of light American Beer. After bottling was complete and i washed out the buckets with PBW, it still smelled but now I believe it smells like the cascade hops added in 60min and last 15 on the boil. Do you believe it was hop aroma I was smelling in the bucket or will my beer end up a skunky mess?

 

[chezhed]

You transferred from primary to another bucket to bottle, right? And which bucket smells funny to you?

 

[jplowe]

I siphoned it into a bottling bucket prior to bottling but it was the fermentation bucket that had the smelled after cleaning.

 

[chezhed]

Don't worry.... The smell of hops in your fermentation bucket isn't dictating the taste of your beer. And hops aroma is a good thing anyway.

If you don't like the smell in your bucket, try soaking it for a day or so.

I quit using PBW long ago.....over priced "specialty" item IMO. Oxyclean works great in my carboys.

 

[jplowe]

Thanks Chezhed. I'll have to check out oxyclean once the pbw runs out.

I agree that hops aroma is a very good thing!

 

[Brettomomyces]

Don't worry.... The smell of hops in your fermentation bucket isn't dictating the taste of your beer. And hops aroma is a good thing anyway.

If you don't like the smell in your bucket, try soaking it for a day or so.

I quit using PBW long ago.....over priced "specialty" item IMO. Oxyclean works great in my carboys.

I just started using a PBW recipe I found on here, 96oz Red devil TSP, 45oz fragrance free dry dish soap and just about 6lbs of oxyclean free. Really awesome recipe, and it made like 15# for $25 or so.

 

[Andy_P]

I love the smell of my buckets. I sometimes put them over my head in the kitchen until my wife makes fun of me.