Wheats really do stink!

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

I just did my first wheat. Dude's Boulevard clone. Anyway, it's no joke, it smelled like a rank sulphur fart in my office where I keep my primary. My wife accused me of being the culprit, but for once I could blame it on her. It's her favorite beer!

 

[Born Brewing Co.]

I just did my first wheat. Dude's Boulevard clone. Anyway, it's no joke, it smelled like a rank sulphur fart in my office where I keep my primary. My wife accused me of being the culprit, but for once I could blame it on her. It's her favorite beer!

They do stink a little in primary, but ummmm they taste so good when done. Did you have your primary sealed tightly? It really shouldn't stink up the room where it is kept...

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Well, for the first time ever, I opened the lid on my bucket. I wanted my wife to see the process and maybe get excited about it.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

The last Hefeweizen I did I actually skimmed the kraeusen for the first time ever. Don't know if it did anything or not...

 

[SwAMi75]

Man, try having a massive blowoff using a German hefe strain. It stinks like hell!

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Man, try having a massive blowoff using a German hefe strain. It stinks like hell!

Haven't I heard that they are actually pretty bad about blowing out, also?

 

[sirsloop]

my dunkelweizen wasnt bad at all... I used WL300 hefe Yeast...

I tell ya... when they say it produces a banana nose, they dont lie!!! The beer is still young, but it got A LOT of banana taste to it.

 

[EdWort]

Well, for the first time ever, I opened the lid on my bucket. I wanted my wife to see the process and maybe get excited about it.

LOL, now there's a quote for the Dirty Home Brew Terms collection.:cross:

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

LOL, now there's a quote for the Dirty Home Brew Terms collection.:cross:

And It wasn't even intentional. I'm so disappointed!

 

[BrewProject]

my wheat beer smelled a bit sour when i racked to my secondary last night. here's to hoping this is normal for wheat beer and it will mellow out.

 

[Lost]

Actually, they should be a little bit sour. Some microbrewers would introduce a lactobacillus infection to sour the batch and then pasturize it and repitch the yeast before things got out of hand. A couple spoonfuls of lactic acid is easier...

If it's a bit sour or tart then don't worry about it.. hopefully it just isn't over the top sour. I say if it tastes good then drink it.

 

[alemonkey]

Every wheat I've made has had a nasty sulfur smell in primary. Smells the same as me after a night of drinking too much homebrew:cross:

I think it comes from the yeast strains - some just naturally produce a lot of sulfer on fermentation, but it goes away.