1st hi alcohol wash ferment is stinking out the house

[Fil]

ive been fermenting this
http://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/triple-dis ... iple-pack/
with 6kg of invert since Monday evening, It stinks ;( is this normal, i luv the smell of my beers fermenting, but this stuff isnt wetting the appetite at all.. :sick:

 

[adomant]

its basically industrial biofuel grade yeast fermenting to 20% abv or more within a week, it aint pretty hence the carbon filtering and heavy fining to drag out the massive byproducts of the fermentation

 

[bobsbeer]

Fil be careful where you are going with this thread. Any mention of the D word and it will be deleted. :whistle:

 

[MattN]

Yes stinks, yes it is normal.

Matt

 

[Moley]

Fil be careful where you are going with this thread. Any mention of the D word and it will be deleted.

Slow down Bob, that's just what it's called, the TD wash yeast (which includes a liquid carbon treatment and a 2-part finings) is one of the better Alcotec yeasts, but it might be of limited use as it only works to around 15% abv and I don't know if it can be pushed.

And yes, it stinks.

And there should be an 'h' in "whetted the appetite"

 

[bobsbeer]

:lol: I was reading the description of the product.

This product must only be used with the Air ****.

But I'm sure it can be used for other things.

 

[Fil]

the intention was/is? to brew a hi alcohol base for flavouring to make a premixed GnT clone in a corny, i thought the yeast pack with all the clearing cleaning agents would be the best first step into this side of things

dont be too hard on Bob the D word was used in an IM regarding fuel use and he is just pullin me leg... :lol:

 

[aneray]

This yeast tends to stink the house out if the temperature is a little higher than required. After a couple of days it usually disappears. I have the same problem so this weekend I got a bargain of two (one brand new) Electrim 75 homebrew thermostatic heaters for £25.00. These are the large ones that are 39cm from top to bottom and ideal for fermentation buckets.

 

[Badger]

Good to know it stinks the place out I was just about to buy some and the brew room's not the best ventilated >.<