Beer smells like....

[sictransit701]

I bottled my arrogant bastard clone last night and had a sample. It smelled like something rotten or poop. Maybe a little dirty garbage smell too. It didn't taste good either. That's as best as I can describe it.

My How To Brew book doesn't have poop as an off flavor, so maybe I'm good?

12.5 lbs pale
1.75 lbs special b
8 oz crystal 120
1.50 oz chinook fwh
0.5 oz chinook 0
Wlp001
Og 1.072
Fg 1.018
Primary for 3 weeks

The original recipe is from zymurgy and calls for wlp007, but my homebrew shop didn't have it so I went with 001.

I've had some beers taste bad at bottling and turn out great. I just don't see this one turning out. Guess I'll wait and see. Just curious about the poop and garbage smell.

 

[sictransit701]

There are no signs of infection unless the poop smell is a sign of infection. Fermentation started quickly. It was kept at 68*F. I have had some yeast put out sulphur, but don't think it is that kind of smell. It could be, though.

 

[didinho]

my low fermentations always smell like poop when I put to lager. but I never smell this in ales usually

 

[drb471]

I always thought it smelled like soup. I always end up making vegetable beef soup when I brew, because the smell makes me crave it.

 

[xpops]

Nothing in the recipe would indicate a poop smell OR taste (not that I'd recognize the taste anyways...) So I would lean towards sanitation issue