does fermentation exhaust contain yeast?

[YamahaXS]

I was just wondering if yeast gets airborn during the fermation process... anyone know?

related question.... How much CO2 is produced by a 5 gallon batch of beer. Could someone charge a CO2 tank enough to drive a keg? Would using fermentation CO2 impart flavors, yeast, etc... that would be enhance the taste of the beer?

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[danno]

Originally posted by YamahaXS
I was just wondering if yeast gets airborn during the fermation process... anyone know?

I have my doubts, especially since you're probably using an airlock, the only thing passing through there is co2... If you open fermented, it's probably be a different story...

related question.... How much CO2 is produced by a 5 gallon batch of beer. Could someone charge a CO2 tank enough to drive a keg? Would using fermentation CO2 impart flavors, yeast, etc... that would be enhance the taste of the beer? [/B]

a fermenting batch produces lots of co2.. However, you're not going to be able to charge a tank, because your tank is liquid co2, not gaseous. (which is why you never, ever, ever want to open the valve when the tank is on it's side...)

[paul84043]

I have been amazed at the amount of C02 that comes out of my fermentor, my last batch, I put my hand up to the airlock and could actually feel it blowing out....pretty cool!!

[toneyc]

Consider my amazement one day when I came home to find my airlock plugged and my plastic bucket very nearly resembling a basketball! That has happened a few times, and a couple of other times the lid either blew off or the stopper blew out. That's when I learned that you could use your racking cane for a blowoff tube. Luckily, it didn't make too much of a mess and the batches turned out fine in the case of the lid coming off, but it is nerve racking. I haven't had any bottles explode, thank goodness, and have since moved to kegs.

:) Toney.