I now know the meaning of "Rhino farts"

[jfr1111]

And I'm so proud My witbier, wich smelled delicious when it went into the fermenter is now throwing notes of "full adult diaper in the sun" and "dumpster behind the Olive Garden". I know that fermentation can cause strange smells, but is it typical of wheat based beers ? I'm fermenting with Safbrew T-58...

If it is, I might pass brewing another one of those. I had the plumber over today and he kept sniffing around trying to trace the smell. Might have thought I was hiding corpses or something until I showed him the beer.

 

[GroosBrewz]

Mmmmmm.. rhino farts..... I personally have found that the few wheat beers I have done over the years tend to smell stronger than the PA's and IPA's that I typically make.. Not sure why this is though...

 

[ale_mongrel]

LMAO!!! Wait... a PLUMBER kept sniffing the air distractedly trying to find the source of the offensive smell.....Plumbers spend a fair amount of their workday elbow deep in well....nothing good....and the smell of the BEER had him wondering what the stink was?!?!? oh god thats so good.....seriously I now need to wipe the coffee i spit off of the screen ...jfr you made my day man thanks

 

[steinsato]

I've found that the worste smelling fermentations come from apple cider.

 

[jfr1111]

Took a fg reading tonight. 1.010, perfect, I hope it doesn't go too much lower. The wort was my clearest one to date Let's just hope I don't get a crystal witbier...

I also took a few sip. The sulfur was only in the smell. No grapefruit taste whatsoever, but the beer is still too green to pass any judgement right now, I was just worried about acetobacter since I saw a few fruit flies on the lid and next to the airlock (the temps picked up outside somewhat and I opened the window to get rid of the farty smell). Plus there was still brown crap floating and I scooped some of it...

 

[WrongCoastBrewery]

LMAO!!! Wait... a PLUMBER kept sniffing the air distractedly trying to find the source of the offensive smell.....Plumbers spend a fair amount of their workday elbow deep in well....nothing good....and the smell of the BEER had him wondering what the stink was?!?!? oh god thats so good.....seriously I now need to wipe the coffee i spit off of the screen ...jfr you made my day man thanks

I too just upchucked some coffee because of that statement.