I just finished a simple hefe brew and went to pour in the half gallon yeast starter I made 2 days ago. I shook it it up to get everything into a suspension and unscrewed the cap and was immediately taken back by just how strong and pungent of a sweet oder it gave off as I poured it into the wart. I've had no experience with this sort of yeast before and have no idea what sort of a smell it should create but this was more like a warm, stale, sweet beer smell then anything else. The starter was warm.
Is this bad? The starter did not appear to have any visual contamination, just a lot of foam and yeast byproduct.
Is this bad? The starter did not appear to have any visual contamination, just a lot of foam and yeast byproduct.