Questions tagged [aroma]
A distinctive, typically pleasant smell. Can be used to refer to the aroma addition of hops which is a late hop addition within the last 5 min of the boil that contributes the most to the aroma of a finished beer.
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Why do my spice flavors disappear when my beer is chilled?
I recently brewed a second batch of Christmas ale, which was spiced with cinnamon, ginger, clove and nutmeg. I put a bottle in the fridge last night and tried it, but only a small amount of spice came ...
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Does carbonation increase hop aroma?
I'm on my first try at a hop-forward beer. I tasted my gravity sample last night after about 7 days in primary, expecting a nose full of juicy Cascade, and just got flat bitterness.
Should I ...
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WLP066 London Fog fermenting smell
I'm fermenting a NEIPA at the moment. It's 5 days in. At first the fermenter snelled great, the usual sweet and hoppy smell but now it smells weird like a cheap lager that's been left out all night. ...
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How to correctly adjust hops for different alpha acid content
So far during all my brewing experience I've used (more or less) the correct hop variety, but with varying alpha acid content than required in the recipe. As far as bittering is concerned, I'm pretty ...
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How to get fruit aroma without a lot of the flavor into a beer
I haven’t started doing a lot of brewing just yet but I’ve had some ideas for beers I want to attempt to make. One is a stout with some cherry. I’ve tasted a stout with cherry but I ended up not much ...
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What's up with the Twizzlers aroma?
So I tried my first barleywine last night, and went with one that was recommended several places: Blithering Idiot. Although not obvious at first, after a few minutes this beer started smelling more ...
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How to achieve that hoppy aroma and top notes
Me and my brewing buddy have been brewing beers for some years now, we are pretty satisfied with our end products. Hardly any of that yeasty taste that can be quite prominent with home brews.
We ...
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“Makeyourowndrinks” Cider smells like sulfur and turned a brownish colour, is this normal?
Let's start by saying that I've done a bit of research about this already, so please understand that I am struggling to find a specific answer to my question.
I'm using a Mixed Berry Cider kit from "...
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How to prevent sulfur odors when brewing ginger ale / ginger beer?
I made my first batch of ginger beer and it was delicious—but with prominent sewer gas undertones.
This was a simple recipe and a quick ferment: ginger, water, sugar, lemon juice, and yeast fermented ...
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Using a hop back before bottling?
I'm wondering about approaches for getting maximum hop aroma, and i got looking at the hop back - in particular the hop rocket or similar.
Having read about dry hopping etc, and the fact that it ...
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Cider Kit has made a really bad eggy smell. Will this go away?
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Pretty new to the whole home brewing scene and I haven't really progressed past the kits yet.
I've followed the instructions perfectly and I know I've been above careful when it comes ...
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Hard cider funky taste
I made hard cider this way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G25FFvCpNoQ
except I also added cranberries, a couple tablespoons of sugar, and cinnamon. And yes, I used Fleischmann's rapid rise yeast. ...
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Why does my lactobacillus batch smell so bad?
I'm getting to be a fairly experienced brewer now but this is my first experiment with sours. I read about using lactobacillus from yoghurt so I thought I'd give it a bash.
The process so far... ...
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Cider smells like nail polish remover (acetone). Tastes like juice, but also like it smells
Probably about halfway through fermenting a cysor (apple-honey). Smell is strong. Have a few carboys on the go, and only one has gone 'off' this way. Anyone know what happened or if a correction is ...
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What hop will give me grapefruit-like aroma?
I'll be making American Wheat beer this weekend. Simple malt bill - half wheat, half barley. I'm planning to use Chinook for bitterness. What would go well with it's resin and "coniferous forest" ...
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Light Sulphur smell
Started my first batch of Cider! YEY!Got me some nice juice from the orchard nearby. It was only pasteurized when i got it, no campden tablets or sulphites to kill the wild yeast.
Started fermantation ...
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Where does the grape flavor/aroma come from in dark beers?
I did two different dark beers, a rauchbier and a imperial stout, and noticed a grape aroma and flavor in them. The fermentables that there're in common are: pilsen, flaked oats, caramalt and black ...
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Ginger Bug Smell?
I've made a new ginger bug from some pretty old ginger.
The ginger has been sitting on my counter long enough for some of it to actually sprout new shoots, but it smells fine and doesn't show any ...
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20% sugar, water and yeast brew smells awful quickly, how to fix?
I've got one complete, and one brewing batch of this "Alcotec Vodka Type Spirit" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alcotec-Vodka-Spirit-Alcohol-Moonshine/dp/B004LXZAUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421024826&...
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Wet cloth or dirty cloth smell
I have this problem with my beer and I couldn't find any answer from my friends, experts, or web pages. Following primary fermentation (1 week) I move the green beer to a food grade plastic container ...
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Tea-like aroma in my beer
Last week, I decided to make a simple pale ale. I wanted something fairly light, not too bitter, and with a hint of caramel. I had some CTZ and Simcoe hops in the freezer so I wanted to use those in ...
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Which hops should I use (and how should I use them) for bittering without aroma or flavour?
Looks like I've got a spare day tomorrow so I thought I'd get an AG brew on the go. What I've been wanting to do for a little while is brew a fairly plain, 1-dimensional 5 gallon test brew, and when ...
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Little hop aroma in first batch
So... I just enjoyed my fist bottle of my first batch of home brew, and overall it was a success. I know the saying is "pour your first batch down the drain!", but my first batch will certainly give ...
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What does skunked beer taste like, How would you describe skunked beer?
I'm aware of what skunking is and how it occurs (Skunking Beer Process).
But what does it taste/smell like? Are we talking a smell/taste like the plant or the animal? :D Also I rather not ruin a beer ...
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Beer aroma during fermentation
I am in the middle of fermentation on my first batch of homebrew, it's a Double IPA from Brewer's best.
During my boil, I added Columbus hops at the start and after 45 minutes, in addition to some ...
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Need a non-alcohol brew without the sacrifices. (besides the obvious)
I brewed a pomander inspired wit beer for the holidays. It is currently in primary. Since my wife just had gall badder surgery, she is avoiding alcohol for a little while and asked if I could brew her ...
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Off flavor/odor from cold break
On page 63 of Brewing Better Beer, Gordon Strong says,
Some of the cold break material can actually help the yeast, but too much can contribute off-flavors.
I can attest to both of these. A couple ...
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Should I dump a batch with rubber smell?
I have in bottles a batch smelling like chemicals or rubber. I'm thinking keep it a while, and check if the smell fade out. Is this possible? Or I'm just wasting my time with this batch?
As side ...
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Why does my witbier stink?
I've searched far and wide and can't find a good answer. Seems to be a lot of talk about the sulphur smell I noticed during fermentation, but this is a bit different.
Brewed this masterpiece up and ...
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How to train my nose for hop aromas?
I oftes see videos where people describe (what I believe is hop-related aroma) with words like spicy, floral, citrusy, etc., but for me it is very hard to get (and to tell apart) any of this. So what ...
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Aroma and flavor
Maybe it is just because I am not a native Wnglish speaker, but I do not exactly know the meaning of those two words. What do aroma and flavor mean, what do they refer to and what is the difference ...
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Are German Merkur or Herkules hops noble enough to sub in a Pilsener?
On an impulse last week I picked up some German Merkur and Herkules hops from the LHBS to use as flavoring and aroma hops in a pilsner, because I thought they might be an interesting twist. But now I'...
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Why does my frozen wort smell like black currants?
I'm in the habit of freezing extra wort and using it for yeast starters. After I've racked the clean, cold wort from the kettle into the primary fermenter, I'm left with trub, hops, and wort in the ...
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How can tobacco be used in beer?
I've had a couple of tasty rauchbiers lately, and got thinking about whether it would be possible to get the aroma of a cigar into a similar beer.
As a user, I don't mind getting nicotine into the ...
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Increasing Malt Aroma
How does one get more malt aroma out of a recipe?
If I want more roasty aroma I know I can add more roasted malt. But eventually, there is appoint where I can't have too much or the recipe itself ...
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Strong Sulfur from WLP 351 - how to clear it up quickly?
Does anyone have any tips for helping a beer clear out sulfur faster?
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I made a straight Hefe (half wheat, half 2-Row) and use White Labs seasonal "Bavarian Hefe" yeast, WLP351. The beer was made ...
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help: Beer smells bad
This is my 4th batch (I'm new), but first Belgian ale. Kit from here: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/flat-tire.html
I also did another batch at the same time (different kit) and it seems fine and ...
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How can I maximize dry hops aroma?
I recently made an IPA. I put an ounce of Cascade pellets in the secondary (for a 23-litre [6-U.S.-gallon] batch), but there is hardly any hops aroma in the finished product. By the end of the two ...
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Rotten eggs aroma from fermenting beer
my Vienna Lager apparently finished fermentation, I took some beer to measure the FG and I perceived a strong rotten eggs aroma coming from beer, I know it's common with some yeasts. The question I ...
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What hop should I use to get Fuller's IPA hop taste and aroma?
I'm just a beginner brewer, I have done just 5 batches of all-grain beer, some Hefe-Weizens, APA and an Irish Red Ale.
For my next all-grain beer I would like to make an IPA recipe. But the two best ...
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What is a hopback?
How do you use it?
What does it do?
Do you pass finished wort through it hot or cold?
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Is a sweet aroma normal?
On last sunday I made an all-grain APA with an alternative equipment, trying to reduce space, so I used my fermentation bucket as a mash tun with a bazooka screen on the tap to filter the mash, but ...
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Weed Aroma/Flavor?
I have noticed in some beers, (nugget nectar, dbl. trouble, founders harvest and sublimely self-rightous ale in particular) an aroma/flavor of marijuana. I think Columbus/Tomohawk hops have somthing ...
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Using nuts for beer aroma
I'm planning to brew an scottish heavy ale, and I wanted to give it a little different aroma using hazelnuts (other stuff too, but I want hazelnuts to be the main aroma). How do you suggest i use them?...
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Why smell before tasting?
Why does everyone insist on smelling a beer before tasting it?
To me, I don't want any preconceived notions about what it may or may not taste. You ever see a trailer for a movie and you think it's ...
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Why does my beer smell like bananas?
The Imperial Stout I recently bottled, smells a little fruity, and has a strong tart taste up front.
Is this something I should be patient with, as it may go change?
And, how'd it happen?
