I'm doing what I'm hoping is a pineapple pale beer for our next swap.
It was suggested I use Saflager S-23 to get the fruity esters. This is my first time using this yeast too...
I pitched Sunday afternoon past and when I went to check it yesterday afternoon in the basement (which is about 19 degrees C) I noticed not the greatest smells in the room. Palmer says that rotten egg smells may be produced with some lager yeast strains...which is what I would liken the odour too. However, since I'm not lagering I have a concern that I've got a bacteria infection and the batch might be no good at this point.
Comments?
Thx.
M.
Different smell.
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Re: Different smell.
S-23 will defiantly give some sulfur smells at a higher temperature ferment, however it will dissipate with time.
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Different smell.
Give it some time. 19 is fairly warm and that is likely what's causing the off smell. See if the yeast cleans up after itself in a week or two
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On tap: Hopped Mead, ESB, Schwazbier
Coming up: Altbier
Fermenting: Maibock
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Coming up: Altbier
Fermenting: Maibock
Planned: NEIPA, NZ Pils, Oyster Stout
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Re: Different smell.
What they said. Some yeast farts actually smell like farts. It will be fine.
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Re: Different smell.
Excellent, thanks to all for the info.
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