The Good News and Bad News About My Coopers Stout
March 9, 2008 – 5:23 pm | by jaygaulardcom
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Well, the good news is that my bottle capper works great. I couldn’t resist and cracked a bottle open today. I heard the little, “sssst” that tells me the bottle was sealed. That’s good.
The bad news is that when I poured the bottle of beer into my glass, it had a “scent” to it. It kind of smelled like sulphur. Not much, but enough to make me give it a taste. The beer wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t like it was supposed to be. After I poured it, there was a head to it, but definitely not like the Lager from the previous batch. I poured the bottle down the drain. Now, mind you, I have only had this batch bottled for a week and a half.
UPDATE - I was just looking for someone else who experienced the sulphur smell in home brew so I could link to it and came across this forum. Apparently, they are saying, “It’s just the yeast…let it age out.” To think, I was going to come home today and dump 63 bottles of beer down the drain.
I’ll let the beer age out for a few more weeks and see what happens. I will be sure to update you.
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Tags: beer, bottles, bottling, capper, home brew, sulphur
