My beer smells sulfer

jesseroberge said:

Hi there I need info on a situation that I have... I made a coopers canadian blond beer with 500g of dextrose "corn sugar" and 700 of DME I added ameican ale II yeast to the wort, left it at a stable 64 degrees temp for 21 days

OG was 1.044 and FG was 1.012 resulting in a 4.2 % beer

She smells sulfer is this normal ? Is it infected ? It's been in the keg for only a few days but when I sampled a small glass a few mins ago it smelled eggs I guess

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Hex23 said:

It's not abnormal for yeast to produce H2S. Most strains will produce it at lower temps (64 is somewhat low - but fine if you were looking to limit esters). So it's not necessarily a sign of infection. Normally the sulfur smell will be driven off with the release of CO2, but can take some time. I would think that at 21 days it would be mostly gone, but maybe some traces left. If it's closed up in a pressurized keg it won't be able to drive off the sulfur as easily and might a take a while to do so. Are you sure it's eggs, and not cooked corn (DMS)?

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45_70sharps said:

Yep, I would let it sit.
At this point what else can you do.

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bottlebomber said:

Well, you could drink it all in a couple days, all the while convincing yourself that you made crap beer.. It happens.

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jesseroberge said:

Lol thanks guys, i'll let her sit... Purge my keg once a day ...

On another note, in the keg right beside this sulfer beer is a mint chocolate stout, I have trouble getting gas into it... It has been one week and 4 days now and still vert low on gas...

I dry hopped loose mint leefs stright on top of the keg then smacked her on gass... I have one ounce exactly... Could it be that the leavs take all the space on top of the stout beer and in concequence the beer is not absorbing Co2 ??

I know it seems far stretched but maby that is why I can't get it gassed... The co2 stayes between the cover and the leavs, it doesn't touch the beer...

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jesseroberge said:

Lol thanks guys, i'll let her sit... Purge my keg once a day ..

I know it seems far stretched but maby that is why I can't get it gassed... The co2 stayes between the cover and the leavs, it doesn't touch the beer...

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