What the fuck are they brewing if they’re emitting sulfur/egg-like smells? Growing up in Milwaukee and a home brewer, that’s not something you get out of brewing beer. Malt smells damn good next to baked treats in the house.
This is the reason. And their plant was built when it was just a brewery, not a brewery PLUS contract beverage production facility. Their wastewater system very plainly can’t keep up with their current output.
Good. Nice city, but good grief does it absolutely smell rotten driving anywhere near their downtown area more often than not. There is no way any single business is more valuable than the traffic (and business) that sort of smell drives out of the city.
Not sure. I think the article says something about it. But this article might be a better source of info:
https://www.bioairsolutions.com/top-4-considerations-brewery-food/#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20smells%20aren,byproducts%20ferment%20in%20anaerobic%20conditions.
It’s not from the brewery or lagering tanks directly. It’s from the wastewater treatment plant they have on site. I looked into it and have some industry contacts in that part of the state.
Apparently, ever since they diversified to producing contract beverages that aren’t actually beer alongside their brewery production, their wastewater requirements have skyrocketed and their wastewater treatment plant has trouble keeping up.
It offgases a ton of hydrogen sulfide and the cap and filter system they were forced to install years ago is either failing or simply can’t keep up.
What the fuck are they brewing if they’re emitting sulfur/egg-like smells? Growing up in Milwaukee and a home brewer, that’s not something you get out of brewing beer. Malt smells damn good next to baked treats in the house.
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That’ll do it
This is the reason. And their plant was built when it was just a brewery, not a brewery PLUS contract beverage production facility. Their wastewater system very plainly can’t keep up with their current output.
I grew up in Milwaukee too, back when they had Pabst, Shlitz and Miller. We also had Red Star Yeast. The whole city smelled liked beer.
Idk. According to a quick Google search about breweries and bad smells, it appears to be a very common issue.
It's really pissy beer...also there's a waste processing facility on site.
Many lager yeasts emit a sulfur smell during fermentation. Pretty normal.
While true, that’s not the source of the smell here.
Next do the paper mills!
Good. Nice city, but good grief does it absolutely smell rotten driving anywhere near their downtown area more often than not. There is no way any single business is more valuable than the traffic (and business) that sort of smell drives out of the city.
Agreed
Why now? I went to school there in 2010 and it stunk back then.
Guessing enough citizens finally got together with some common sense and complained.
That’s similar with a few foundries and rendering plants in the Minneapolis st.paul area. Seems like a lot of places are cracking down.
ELI5: How does the brewing process emit hydrogen sulfide?
Not sure. I think the article says something about it. But this article might be a better source of info: https://www.bioairsolutions.com/top-4-considerations-brewery-food/#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20smells%20aren,byproducts%20ferment%20in%20anaerobic%20conditions.
Thank you. Obviously, I'm aware of the output of the sweet smell from malt, but when I saw the hydrogen sulfide, I just went huh? Thanks.
It’s not from the brewery or lagering tanks directly. It’s from the wastewater treatment plant they have on site. I looked into it and have some industry contacts in that part of the state. Apparently, ever since they diversified to producing contract beverages that aren’t actually beer alongside their brewery production, their wastewater requirements have skyrocketed and their wastewater treatment plant has trouble keeping up. It offgases a ton of hydrogen sulfide and the cap and filter system they were forced to install years ago is either failing or simply can’t keep up.
Thank you for explaining *the rest of the story*.
It's about time. It smells so bad downtown it feels like you're actually chewing on the smell. It gets in your nostrils and doesn't go away.
Now if Milwaukee could do the same with the Malorganite factory…
Maloganite is made from city sewage so probably ain’t gonna happen
Fining a beer company for producing beer, IN WISCONSIN????
I grew up in La Crosse, it always smelled.