Got Bad Gas

[h00ligan]

This might sound a bit weird to some of you, but my brew is just over half way in primary fermentation and for the last 2 days I have been taking readings and drinking all the beer in the hydro tube.

Heres the werid bit.. for the last 2 days i've had some shocking gas (farts). About 1-2 hrs after drinking the samples Ill fart all night.. Maybe this beer is continuing to ferment is my guts.. My girlfriend is not impressed

 

[Adamt]

During fermentation the yeast is very active; and your sample is drawn from the bottom, where lots of the partly flocculated yeast is. It could be possible that if you're drinking a full hydro sample youre actually consuming a lot of yeast, which for some reason I'm thinking this is the cause.

Solution: Drink water.

 

[danbeer]

This might sound a bit weird to some of you, but my brew is just over half way in primary fermentation and for the last 2 days I have been taking readings and drinking all the beer in the hydro tube.

Heres the werid bit.. for the last 2 days i've had some shocking gas (farts). About 1-2 hrs after drinking the samples Ill fart all night.. Maybe this beer is continuing to ferment is my guts.. My girlfriend is not impressed

Aaaah, the wonder of yeasties.

Not only do they provide us with lovely lovely alcohol, they also work a treat on (in) the gut.

I get the same thing after a night of anything that has yeast sediment in it (eg: coopers )

Not tat that would make me stop drinking them.

 

[Enerjex]

don't have these kinds of problems with the yeast myself, however i've heard that some people even get the runs from drinking yeast in samples/sediment etc. can anyone shed some technical light on what about yeast may be causing gas/runs? you're not having a vindaloo or something while tasting the samples are you?

 

[Deja_vu]

Are you using a Lager or ale yeast?

Ale yeast can't break down raffinose, a trisaccharide which is a main source of farts when the bacteria in your guts breaks it down. Lager yeast will give it go, perhaps thats why lagers often smell like a fart when fermenting.

 

[h00ligan]

it was the yeast that comes with coopers lager