KuntzBrewing
Well-Known Member
Has anyone come up with a good reason for this? I've got a good hypothesis on it. Yeast enjoy acidic environments and temperatures around 100 degrees (this is the temp wyeast uses to grow yeast although this is a terrible temp to pitch or ferment at) I'm thinking that the stomach and colon make the perfect environment for yeast to thrive for a short time, during this time they make tons of gas by eating broken down sugars from our foods until dying in the colon. This gas causes terrible but distinct beer farts.