Nail polish smell

emilyandizzy · Nov 2, 2009

Hello-
We started brewing cider last week, and it has recently started to develop a nail polish like smell, and the bubbling in the airlock has slowed down considerably. Is this something that we should be worried about?
Thanks

david_42 · Nov 2, 2009

Sounds like normal fermentation esters. Give it a couple more weeks on the yeast to clean up.

Bullshivit-brew · Nov 2, 2009

+1 to what david said

emilyandizzy · Nov 2, 2009

Thanks, we're new at this and quick to panic.

justflow1983 · Nov 2, 2009

I had the same thing in a stout I made, I think I underpitched the yeast after proofing. We gave it an extra two weeks in primary and now its pretty drinkable. Not great, but not going down the drain either.

Bullshivit-brew · Nov 2, 2009

Mead will do the same thing but gets better with time

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