Fermentation Leftovers

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Brendo1
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Location: Adelaide - SA

Re: Fermentation Leftovers

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After bottling a beer that hasn't been racked, with just mixed up yeast cake left in the bottom, if I stick my head in the fermentor and take a big whiff, I nearly pass out. I expected to smell some concentrated beer type smells, or something like what the can smelt like before I added it, what I got was something I could run my car on. It smells like im distilling vodka, not brewing beer, I was very tempted to take the thing outside and spark a lighter inside to see what would happen, but I like my arm hairs. Is this normal? I mean...Its the norm for me coz all 3 of the beers I've done so far have smelt like this after...
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