February 12, 2014 - 12:11pm
Starter smells like alcohol
Today is like day 6 of my flour/water starter. I was trying two different starters in case one failed. One uses pineapple juice, the other I used water with rye and wheat flour. This is about the water and flour only starter. Day 4 I started adding in a bit of white flour with rye. And did the same last night. To me it was a slightly stinky smell, but the same smell it's held for the last 5 days. But just now I lifted the lid for a whiff and totally different smell, more like alcohol.
Is that normal??