Ginger Beer - Good taste/Bad Smell

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Crowash
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Ginger Beer - Good taste/Bad Smell

Post by Crowash »

Heya,

I put down a brigalow kit two weeks ago with extra ginger, coriander, LDME, Lactose, and honey with a really low alc content (probably about 2%). Well it's been racked and is ready to bottle.

It's tastes great but smells pretty putrid when you get your nose close to it. Kinda like sewerage ewww!! :cry: Kinda makes my sig makes sense!

Well I aint gunna chuck it at this stage but am interested to know if this has happened to anyone before and if I should expect it to improve once bottled.
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Post by WSC »

I had the same thing with coopers ginger.

The only thing I could put it down to was the sodium met not being rinsed out.

Bad news though.....the smell never went away after many months I drank half but threw the rest.
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Post by Crowash »

My winemaking buddy put it down to stress placed on the yeast leaving sulfur in the brew.. I think?

He reckons the fridge i had it in varied the temp too much and that may be right as I don't have a fridgemate but will be getting one soon. Says if I put it in an open jug in the fridge for ten minutes it should clear away the smell.
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