Fridge affecting bottled beer?

[dcalnan]

So I recently posted that I had possibly infected beers but now I'm thinking that the storage of my beers is the issue. I keep them in my keezer which is kept at a constant 8 degrees. But I'm definitely noticing a strange aroma/taste off any bottles I've kept in it. Is there any reasoning behind this or is it all in my head.

[Leann ull]

Can you describe the taste aroma a bit more?
My keezer was a pain in the hoop and stank until I installed a portable dehumidfier to get rid of excess moisture as unlike a fridge there is no drain at the back for condensation

[auralabuse]

Yeah, wonder if it's mold on the outside of the bottles

[Leann ull]

Yeah, wonder if it's mold on the outside of the bottles

Could be, does it smell when you lift the lid?

here is what I used
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GO4KB5A?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00

I made a keezer as I can get 6 kegs in it but my large 4 keg larder fridge was probably good enough if I am being honest and took up less space.

[delzep]

Put some bottles of your next batch in the fridge and some in the freezer to compare

Simples 

[Leann ull]

Indeedy or give them a rinse and wipe and pour directly into a glass instead of chugging from the bottle

[dcalnan]

It's hard to describe the smell but most of the beers I kept in it had exactly the same aroma, closet thing would be fecal, I remembered this from the siebel off flavours. I had a mold issue and cleaned the freezer out and put in a small crystal dehumidifier. But some beers had been in the keezer before that problem and some after it was cleaned and the same problem. I'm not going to keep any bottles in it as a precaution and when the next keg finishes I'll clean it again.

[johnrm]

Is the smell off the bottles or off the beer in the bottles?

[DEMPSEY]

When you pour the beer out into a glass does the smell still persist.

[dcalnan]

The smell is from the beer, it's the same smell regardless of what beer, and it overpowers any hop aroma including very hoppy beers life of foam and fury and the full irish. I always thought if there was any mold that the bottle cap would prevent anything getting into the bottle itself.

[johnrm]

That is really strange.
Caps are airtight otherwise beer would not keep.

You say this is a keezer, Have you a collar on it? Pics?
Has anyone else noticed this smell?

Have you any Pliny the Elder left? I think you should give me 2 of those to test, if put 1 in your stinky fridge and 1 in your regular fridge.
I'll PM my address for the Courier 

[Damien M]

If the smell is from your Beer... its your beer that is the problem, and not the kegerator and if it is in all your beers that you have made, its your brewhouse or process that is introducing the infection. An smell/infection wont get into the bottle from your kegerator. Do you use the kegerator for cold crashing post secondary fermenting... 

Deep Clean or Chuck old plastic kit, fermenters, boiler, tubing, etc. And bleach the hell out of your Kegerator.

[Frequent Sequence]

I agree with Damien M. Unfortunately the dreaded I word must be considered.
Infections are no fun.
My guess going by your dicription of fecal off flavors would be a coliform bacterial infection. This usually happens early in the fermentation before the yeast drop the ph.
Do you have an extended lag phase?
Perhaps under pitching will give the bugs time to infect.
At this point you should take Damiens advice and trash your plastic and deep clean the rest.

[DEMPSEY]

Have to agree with the lads. The infection is in the brewhouse somewhere . Hold on to the dodgy beer and after a decade introduce a new style of Belgeorish style

[dcalnan]

It's not my own beer is the problem but beer I've bought from the offie. Only had one bottle left in fridge so I'm going to keep my beer in a different fridge from now on.