Thursday, April 5, 2012

Bad Smells

Okay, this BB3 smells horrible and has since the primary fermentation first started. I can't really describe it. Almost makes you gag if you get your nose right at the air lock. The kreusen was a light brown and enormous. Foam was all the way to the neck of the 6 gallon carboy and right on up into the airlock. I've been reading forums on a variety of beer sites and all the responses say to just chill and let the yeast have their big smelly party. It was a Wyeast 1010 American Wheat yeast. I made a yeast starter with it. Seriously that reaction in under 24 hours was crazy. So much foam! Saw nothing like that in my first two batches. And those first two were Ales and I though that they smelled darn good during the primary.