Graz
Landlord.
I made up a batch of Cooper's Stout just under two weeks ago, never made it before but thought I should give it a try having seen all the positive reviews here.
Plan is to bottle it sometime this week. Last night I thought I'd take a gravity sample whilst out in the garage kegging another brew. Upon opening the brew fridge there was a slightly unpleasant and odd smell, the lid on the FV must have somehow sealed itself as it had domed up a bit (I don't us airlocks). Now I'm used to odd smells in the brew fridge as it concentrates all the smells associated with brewing but this smell wasn't that nice.
Now wasn't sure what to expect but went ahead with the sample, this smelt fine, gravity of about 1.009 which suggests to me it's ready to bottle. Decided to taste, again no off flavours, quite nice as it goes but what I found odd was that it was a little bit fizzy. Majority of the time I've taken samples in the past the beer has been flat which is what I'd expect, that's why we prime / force carbonate.
Is this normal or have I got some sort of infection? If I bottle it is it asking for trouble, exploding bottles, gushers etc.?
Is there a chance that because the FV had sealed itself up I've actually ended up partially carbonating the beer with any residual CO2?
Cheers,
Graz
Plan is to bottle it sometime this week. Last night I thought I'd take a gravity sample whilst out in the garage kegging another brew. Upon opening the brew fridge there was a slightly unpleasant and odd smell, the lid on the FV must have somehow sealed itself as it had domed up a bit (I don't us airlocks). Now I'm used to odd smells in the brew fridge as it concentrates all the smells associated with brewing but this smell wasn't that nice.
Now wasn't sure what to expect but went ahead with the sample, this smelt fine, gravity of about 1.009 which suggests to me it's ready to bottle. Decided to taste, again no off flavours, quite nice as it goes but what I found odd was that it was a little bit fizzy. Majority of the time I've taken samples in the past the beer has been flat which is what I'd expect, that's why we prime / force carbonate.
Is this normal or have I got some sort of infection? If I bottle it is it asking for trouble, exploding bottles, gushers etc.?
Is there a chance that because the FV had sealed itself up I've actually ended up partially carbonating the beer with any residual CO2?
Cheers,
Graz
