Ethanol: A Piece of cake

Observations

Table 2: Fermentation day 2 after 44 hours

Instant yeast #1

 Instant Yeast #2

Active Dry Yeast #1

Active Dry Yeast #2

-Thick white precipitate on the bottom of the flask

-Thick precipitate on the bottom of the flask

-Purple precipitate  on the surface

-Thick white precipitate on the bottom of the flask

 

-Granular white precipitate floating below the surface of the solution

-Particles below the surface of the solution

-Thick  white precipitate on the bottom of the flask

 

-White precipitate on the surface

-yellow colour

-Cloudy yellow colour

 

-Light yellow colour

-Cloudy yellow colour

-Strong yeast smell

 

-Strong yeast smell

-Strong  yeast smell

 

-Faint yeast smell

Fermentation Observations

 Table 1: Fermentation day 1 after 17 hours

Instant yeast #1

 Instant Yeast #2

Active Dry Yeast #1

Active Dry Yeast #2

- Precipitate on both top and bottom of the flask

-Precipitate on bottom of the flask

 

-Precipitate formed at bottom of the flask

 

-Precipitate on bottom of the flask

 

 

-Thick precipitate formed on top

 

 

-Precipitate starting to form on top

 

-Cloudy yellow colour

 

-Cloudy yellow colour with cream coloured precipitate

 

-Cloudy yellow in colour

 

-Cloudy yellow colour

 

-Very faint yeast smell

 

-Moderate yeast smell

 

-Faint yeast smell

 

-Moderate yeast smell