Did something go wrong?

[David Tyson]

We just bottled our Colonial Lager kit after about 3 weeks, it stopped bubbling after about 1 week whereas our other lager took about 2.

It had an eggy kinda smell the whole time which I know can just be the yeast.

But when we bottled it today it was still quite stinky, and much more murky than the NZ lager we also bottled (though it was a week older).

There was quite a bit of crap floating in it - we used finings by the way. And after extracting all the beer from the fermenter, the sediment at the bottom was thick and porous - which was unlike the other beer.

The beer tastes OK, but is there anything wrong with it? We're going to let it sit in the bottles for a month and see if it looks any better.

[James P]

What type of yeast?

I have made lagers that made me want to vomit due to the smell, then after 4 ~ 8 weeks of lagering they were majic.

Sometimes it's an infection.... give it time.... just be careful when you open it!

[Michael]

I had a lager that I fermented at too high of a temp. It stunk to high heaven. After bottling it and waiting two weeks, it smelled like Rotorua in a bottle.

The good news is that after two months in the fridge, it doesn't smell so bad.

I reckon you should give it more time and see.