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Ah ok, never heard of yeast in the final product. I just make ethanol with turboyeast and add the flavour later.

So as I suspected, you keep some of the CO2 in to go into the drink, and let some out? Mine is closed but not airtight, it will expel CO2 at the edges of the lid at the slightest pressure. I'm not creating a carbonated drink. Yes I was talking about fermenting, hence I spoke about yeast. I...

Ah ok, I wasn't aiming for CO2 in the final result. And I was wondering if the yeast would "suffocate" on CO2, like humans would. But then yeast isn't breathing O2 like us, so I guess it's different. I also thought perhaps the CO2 produced by the yeast reaction would be way more than the...

I see some people use sealed containers - wouldn't they explode, or push CO2 back into the mixture and annoy the yeast?

I don't know what a "UU" is. But I disagree, I read it's 95% commercial. But if your stats are correct, it looks rather like the water boards are throwing a lot of it away (a quarter loss!!), their problem, not mine. I pay them to supply me with water, if they can't do that, they aren't doing...

What water shortage? Water has always come out of my tap, despite the moaning from the water board. I just use the hose when nobody's looking, or fill a watering can with a hose behind the shed, then carry that to the plants. 95% of water usage is commercial, banning domestic hosepipes will...

That's good to hear. It's certainly fizzing away in the normal manner, and the sulphur smell is disappearing. In it's place is the usual smell of alcohol and yeast. Not sure why a shower would be less sanitary than a kitchen tap. They're both fed from mains water - some people have...

I've just realised what else I did differently. The yeast instructions say to use 40C water. In the past I've always filled the container with water from the cold tap, then taken a kettlefull away at a time, boiled it, and put it back in, until I reach 40C. This time I heated the whole lot to...

I don't put gypsum into my brewing, so unless it's included with the yeast/carbon/nutrient pack, the sulphur must be in the sugar.

Is gypsum that horrid stuff they make plasterboard out of? (plasterboard being the daftest invention ever).

Farts are strong enough to prevent your brain from continuing it's normal functions. The only thing you can think of is getting out of the room. No scientist has ever worked out how you can tolerate your own farts. Surely they're the same chemicals?

Ash long ash it makesh me shpeak funny, it'sh good enough.

I find it worrying that 5 ppm is when you start smelling it, but 150 ppm you can't smell it, then 600 ppm you die with one breath. I wonder how much it would have to build up to kill you breathing it all day/night? I was also thinking that if the yeast is processing the sulphur, the yeast...

I mix the 23% vodka with orange juice etc (3/4 vodka, 1/4 juice), then swig it from the bottle whenever I feel like some.

I prefer the flavour of fruit juice etc to things like beer. So I make strong plain alcohol (23%) then add mixers to it.

The only problem I have is the smell might mean the yeast is dying so won't make so much alcohol.

The nutrient comes in the pack with the yeast, along with the liquid carbon. I guess it could be a faulty batch of nutrient? It's fizzing away as much as usual, so it must be doing something. Anybody know if I'll get less alcohol? Since I add flavour afterwards, all I care about is getting...

Is stressed yeast bad? Will I still get a good % of alcohol? All I've changed with this batch (after countless successful ones) is the brand of sugar. The supplier must have run out of Terios as he sent ADM. The ambient temperature is identical (I have a thermostat and a greenhouse heater...

Unlikely to be toxic for me, but parrots are more sensitive. Some people even say not to use Teflon pans, or spray deoderant. I've never listened to that, and not had a problem with them.

I'm not too concerned about the flavour, I'm not fussy. Anyway I mix it with stronger flavours to drink. But the gas is meant to be slightly toxic, and I have pet parrots. I guess I open some windows a bit when the smell arises. Maybe it's hydrogen sulphide, I don't cook with eggs, but I...