FV smell

[JFB]

I'm brewing a cream ale from the greg hughes book.
Ive used the mangrove jack Californian larger yeast which is ticking away like a good'un.
Thing is it smells like farts in the kitchen! ive been brewing over a year now and its the first time ive had this smell... normally there no odour at all...
Is all well??

 

[Simonh82]

Some lager yeasts (and some ales) give off quite a lot of sulphur. Give it time to condition in the primary and it should dissipate.

 

[dad_of_jon]

I'm brewing a cream ale from the greg hughes book.
Ive used the mangrove jack Californian larger yeast which is ticking away like a good'un.
Thing is it smells like farts in the kitchen! ive been brewing over a year now and its the first time ive had this smell... normally there no odour at all...
Is all well??

are you sure it's the yeast?

just sayin' :whistle:

 

[JFB]

are you sure it's the yeast?

just sayin' :whistle:

Maybe your right, SWMBO should get her act together...

 

[Martybhoy]

I'm having the exact same problem. Smells of eggs, quite strong. In my case I know it's my yeast as I could smell it when I made my starter.

Anyways, after trawling forums and the www, most advice is that the smell gets carried off with the CO2 through your airlock, and won't be there come the end of fermentation.

When ready to bottle, taste your beer. If it tastes of farts, eggs or any other off flavours, probably bin it. That's my plan anyway.

 

[MyQul]

If it bothers you that much give it a gentle stir with some copper pipe. This is supposed to neutralise it. Never tired it myself mind, just read about it.

 

[Clint]

...the mind boggles!

 

[MyQul]

...the mind boggles!

I think it somehow binds the sulphur compounds to the copper making copper sulphate (?) which doesn't smell

 

[JFB]

If it bothers you that much give it a gentle stir with some copper pipe. This is supposed to neutralise it. Never tired it myself mind, just read about it.

As long as its not there when I drink the beer I'm not bothered. Its a lot less farty this morning...

 

[MyQul]

As long as its not there when I drink the beer I'm not bothered. Its a lot less farty this morning...

In that case, as others have said the C02 will push most of it out. Even if it smells a bit eggy when you bottle by the time it comes to drink your brew it should have completely disapeared. Thats what happened the couple of times I had an eggy brew

 

[Brightonnik]

It's quite normal for lager yeasts to produce sulphur and from my understanding that yeast strain is a lager strain that can be fermented at ale temps.

 

[Bongofury]

Not totally surprising. I made a cider from a kit some years ago and when it was fermenting is smelt like horse****, tasted alright though.

 

[foxbat]

I think it's fine, I mean Tetley's smells like farts, eggs and sulphur but I'll still drink it if the pub's run out of actual beer.

 

[BeerCat]

Wheat Beer often smells a bit farty.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Wheat Beer often smells a bit farty.

I've never encountered a farty wheat beer but can confirm they induce farts! :whistle: