abracadabra
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My apfelwien is stinking up my once wonderful smelling fermentation closet.
It smells like rotten eggs! Is this normal?
It smells like rotten eggs! Is this normal?
Revvy said:Yes...Ed even talks about it in the thread...
cheezydemon said:Yeah!!! I mean Gosh!! Didn't you take the time to read all 4,367 posts in the thread before you brewed it????
I am still reading it. I plan to brew in 2 months or so when I have read all of the posts.
cheezydemon said:Yeah!!! I mean Gosh!! Didn't you take the time to read all 4,367 posts in the thread before you brewed it????
I am still reading it. I plan to brew in 2 months or so when I have read all of the posts.
shunoshi said:Yep, the rhino farts are a sign of good apfelwein to come. There's a simple solution if you want to be rid of those nasty odors. Take a 20 oz. plastic pop bottle, a carbon hepa air filter replacement screen, and some duct tape. Cut off the bottom of the bottle, but out small circles from the filter, stack about 4 of them together and shove them into the bottle, place the bottle over your carboy's air lock, and tape that sucker down. You'll get zero odor. Works great.
shunoshi said:I'll snap a picture next time I make one up. I am due for another batch of apfelwein so hopefully it'll be soon.
You forgot the last few steps:shunoshi said:Take a 20 oz. plastic pop bottle, a carbon hepa air filter replacement screen, and some duct tape. Cut off the bottom of the bottle, but out small circles from the filter, stack about 4 of them together and shove them into the bottle, place the bottle over your carboy's air lock, and tape that sucker down. You'll get zero odor. Works great.
Revvy said:I've learned som much from you on this forum!!! :rockin:
blacklab said:+1 HBT rocks, except for that f#$kin' banana.
Donasay said:I have made several batches of apfelwine in my basement, so I don't really get the smell too often being a few floors removed. Recently I made a batch of apfelwine for one of my friends at his shop, I went in 3 days into fermentation and his entire place stunk of rhino farts. The place is big enough to park 3 tractor trailers and has 20 foot ceilings and a 2 ton overhead crane the whole place stunk. As soon as I walked in I knew what the smell was and asked kind of sarcastically "Damn, did someone take a S#lT in here!" He didn't laugh and told me it was the apfelwine, which I of course knew....
Revvy said:I've learned som much from you on this forum!!! :rockin:
beala said:You forgot the last few steps:
1) Roll
2) Light
3) Inhale
4) Exhale through filter
:cross:
Don'tcha mean, it has an interesting aroma while fermenting?
SWMBO kept thinking that our son had crapped his diaper. She'd check and say "nope . . . hmm . . . he's just a stinky kid".
What can I say. I guess I'm just plain lazy! I read the first page today and read alot of it way back when Ed first posted. Also did a search but it looked like too many to try to weed thur.
I figured maybe an OP with Apfelwien Stinks in the title and text might help the next guy/gal wondering what that awful smell was.
Thanks All !
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