So as I've mentioned this website, specifically the name, to my friends I've gotten a mixture of reactions ranging from laughter to 'nicely appetizing name!' I know the name is less than appealing without context. I mean just do a google images search for 'yeast' (or don't if you value the stability of your most recent meal) and you'll see why yeast isn't always our friend. So yeast can be gross, and nobody likes your farts except you...
However, in the context of brewing beer yeast farts are awesome. When yeast eats all the lovely sugar in a brew it turns sugar into alcohol and CO2. In homebrew that means all the mood altering goodness AND the tingly little bubbles of carbonation are thanks to yeasty beasties! Moreover, I think one of the most exciting parts of brewing is the rush of seeing the bubbles come pouring through my fermentation lock when the yeast is at its most active. This is a sign of good things to come, and it's accompanied by some fun smells. I recently brewed a tripel and while the yeast was cranking away my beer closet smelled strongly of delicious bananas. That brew turned out great and has some hints of fuit including banana, so I'm reminded of those initial smells that indicated some characteristics of the end product.
Needless to say I would be reluctant to undertake the creation of any other website called whateverfarts.com, but yeast farts are one variety of flatulence that I can get behind.
Cheers!
Todd
