No, it is not normal, and suggests that the Red Star was subjected to
excess heat while in storage or transport somewhere, or is a bad
batch. All of the bread type yeasts are the same basic yeast, and all
have just about an identical odour if kept dry and in the proper
temperature range.

I buy mine in a vacuum packed 1 pound package [Fleishmann's] and keep
it in the freezer when I've opened a package. I pay Cdn$4.50 for a
pound package, but then this is Canada... and I have NOT seen a 2
pound package of ANY brand of yeast. But they never smell bad or fill
the condo with the smell of yeast.

RsH
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On 2 Mar 2005 17:50:47 -0800, wrote:

>Both finished loaves looked the same and tasted the same. But, the Red
>Star yeast stinks when you smell it in its jar as compared to the
>Fleischmans. It also stinks up the house when I bake with it. It is not
>pleasant at all to make bread with the Red Star due to its stink even
>though the breads taste the same.
>
>The expiration date on the stinky yeast is Sept. 2005, and was bought
>at a warehouse type store.
>The expiration date on the Fleischmans is Oct. 2006, and was bought at
>a local grocery store.
>
>Is this normal? Is it due to the age of the yeast? Like I mentioned,
>both brands do the same job with making dough, with the recipe I am
>using.
>
>Greg

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