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Lager yeasts like lower fermentation temperatures. Lager yeast produce less fruity esters than ale yeasts but can produce more sulfur compounds during primary fermentation. Many first time lager brewers are astonished by the rotten egg smell coming from their fermentors, sometimes letting it...

I picked up three the other day. broke one on the way out of the store

Thank for the quick replys, its nice to know im not the only one this has happened to. I thought I was doing something wrong. Rob

Just a quick question. I got done bottling a 5gl batch of american ale half in 22oz and the other half in 12oz bottles about 2 weeks ago. Im very inpatient so I tried one of each, the 12oz are still very fruity, the 22oz bottle are not quite ready yet but they taste really good. it seems odd...