Have you ever...

[IceFisherChris]

stuck your nose way down into the primary and take a big whiff???
Wow the alcohol vapor almost knocks you backwards!!
Bottling my beer as we speak...

 

[Nurmey]

Everyone has done it once. Most folks learn that a nose full of CO2 hurts and they don't do it again.

 

[Hoppus_Poppatopolis]

Yeah, that's the CO2. I know because I...um...heard about it somewhere.

 

[wyzazz]

Yep, no matter how many times I've done it... ...I still don't learn! I've got a Two Hearted Ale Clone in my primary right now, and just last night I wanted to smell some of that Centennial Hop Aroma that I love sooo much. I almost fell over when I sucked in all that CO2, SWMBO and my little Daughter were very amused.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

It's a great way to get a small buzz.

 

[mikebiewer]

So is huffing paint and glue...

 

[kdjose]

When I toured the Samuel Smith's brewery it was an integral part of the tour to get the gullible one to lean over their open fermenters for a big whiff... guess who the gullible one was!

kdjose
FantaSe NM

 

[boneshb]

Ugh, I love the smell but hate that feeling

 

[mordantly]

did you ever take chemistry? you should NEVER stick your face inside ANY vessel to smell what was in there. fan the air with your hand towards your face in a diluting fashioned.

 

[lpdb185]

did you ever take chemistry? you should NEVER stick your face inside ANY vessel to smell what was in there. fan the air with your hand towards your face in a diluting fashioned.

i believe WAFTING is the word you're looking for.

 

[mordantly]

nah, once you set in motion the mix of chemical and atmosphere, it is wafting.

 

[wyzazz]

Wafting is for sissies...

 

[Hoppus_Poppatopolis]

Wafting. Sounds like something the duPonts do in the garden of their summer home. Say lovey...how about a bit of croquet when we're finished wafting?

 

[smmcdermott]

damnit that hurts...

wafting shmafting....give me the pain!!!

 

[permo]

Man, I do that every single time. It gives me that nice nasal burn like fresh wasabi! mmm, CO2 nose burn from fermenter.....