Hello All,
I have just experienced the slight taste of Banana in my millet beer as I added my coopers ale yeast to my batch at 32C which the yeast's comfort level is 18-27C just to see what would the beer taste like. The banana taste is a compound that is made up of 1-Isobutyl Acetate and 2-Isoamyl Acetate. I don't know at what level our tongues can detect but I found this web site to show me what this compound is. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/123922.html
I was shocked to find that this compound is a toxin,
" Revised IDLH: 1,000 ppm
Basis for revised IDLH: The revised IDLH for isoamyl acetate is 1,000 ppm based on acute toxicity data in humans [Amor 1950] and animals [Munch 1972]. This value is also equal to 10% of the lower explosive limit of 1% (which was determined at 212°F)."
Any thought on this?
I have just experienced the slight taste of Banana in my millet beer as I added my coopers ale yeast to my batch at 32C which the yeast's comfort level is 18-27C just to see what would the beer taste like. The banana taste is a compound that is made up of 1-Isobutyl Acetate and 2-Isoamyl Acetate. I don't know at what level our tongues can detect but I found this web site to show me what this compound is. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/123922.html
I was shocked to find that this compound is a toxin,
" Revised IDLH: 1,000 ppm
Basis for revised IDLH: The revised IDLH for isoamyl acetate is 1,000 ppm based on acute toxicity data in humans [Amor 1950] and animals [Munch 1972]. This value is also equal to 10% of the lower explosive limit of 1% (which was determined at 212°F)."
Any thought on this?