<p>That doesn't sound right. The smell is nearly identical to what I get during the boil stage when I'm brewing my own beer. I always assumed they were boiling wort when I can smell it.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 1, 2011 12:44 PM, "Jeff Frontz" <<a href="mailto:jeff.frontz@gmail.com">jeff.frontz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Unless they've dramatically changed their production methodology, the<br>
> smell from the Bud plant is actually from drying the "spent mash"<br>> (whatever that gunk is that's left once they decant the wort). Once<br>> it's sufficiently dry, they ship it off to feed mills to turn into<br>
> fake fodder. This used to really annoy the folks who found out about<br>> it-- we'd been thinking that we had to tolerate the smell in order to<br>> get the beer produced, but it was really the brewery seeking to make<br>
> more money by selling their waste stream. That this was optional and<br>> that AB didn't do much to stem the reek didn't play well with the<br>> locals (especially those who have smell-induced migraines).<br>
> <br>> I've noticed that the smell has changed quite a bit in the last 30 or<br>> so years. Not sure if that's because they changed their mash or went<br>> to a different process or that my sense of smell has deteriorated.<br>
> <br>> Jeff<br>> <br>> <br>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Jim Wildman <<a href="mailto:jim@rossberry.com">jim@rossberry.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> The beer plant on the north that blankets the area with the smell of<br>
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