Slight solvent smell to young ipa

[Hoppyland]

You didn't have a bright-white, flaky, crumbly floating layer on top of the beer by any chance?
Something looking rather like post #1 on this thread:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/strange-white-flakey-stuff-on-beer-in-secondary.80667/
This pic looks very like something that I used to regularly get many years ago, and it gave a very solvent/antiseptic taste to the infected brews. In the quoted post, the micro-organism causing it produced no off-flavours - but whatever I had infecting my beer tasted very strongly and totally ruined the beer.

 

[Mugatu78]

You didn't have a bright-white, flaky, crumbly floating layer on top of the beer by any chance?
Something looking rather like post #1 on this thread:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/strange-white-flakey-stuff-on-beer-in-secondary.80667/
This pic looks very like something that I used to regularly get many years ago, and it gave a very solvent/antiseptic taste to the infected brews. In the quoted post, the micro-organism causing it produced no off-flavours - but whatever I had infecting my beer tasted very strongly and totally ruined the beer.

Hi. No nothing like that at all. The beer was pretty clear with nothing like that just the nasty smell. I think im going to try better temp control with fridge and will post hopefully with much better results. I hope so anyway or i’ll be gutted haha. Inkbird comes friday. Fingers crossed
Thanks again
Appreciated

 

[Mugatu78]

Weird. Got a pack of lagunitus ipa from asda and has albeit only slightly , a very similar smell/taste to my brew. Not as bad but it’s definitely there. Wtf am i smelling/tasting here. Baffled

 

[GerritT]

Weird. Got a pack of lagunitus ipa from asda and has albeit only slightly , a very similar smell/taste to my brew. Not as bad but it’s definitely there. Wtf am i smelling/tasting here. Baffled

Lagunitas is a good brand, maybe it was stored to warm in the asda?

 

[Mugatu78]

Lagunitas is a good brand, maybe it was stored to warm in the asda?

Yeah mby. I dunno. I jst recognised that smell when i opened it. It disipates and is nice but found it odd that smell reminded me of my not so great brews so far haha

 

[Richie_asg1]

I bottled my IPA and was very acid/ hoppy to start. After a few weeks in the bottle it is how it should be.
How long did you dry hop before bottling?

 

[Mugatu78]

I dry hopped in the final stages before Bottling. Meaning the hop bag wasnt removed for any time before bottling to be honest. I didnt think wld matter. Im really new to this though and really am just learning on the go here

 

[Mugatu78]

The first couple brews i disnt even have a hop bag i just tipped them into the fermentor a few days into fermentation

 

[Mavroz]

Although I don't make kits, when I dry hop, I just add the hops directly to the FV then filter out before transfer and bottling. I do not use bags, I feel they may be just another item that could introduce a problem.