Sulfur odor

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sambogi76

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I'm brewing my fist lager, a German Pils, using WLP 830. Even when I made the starter and when it was fermenting it made a sulfur odor. I see in some older post some say this is normal, but I thought a sulfur oder met an infection. But the yeast itself kind of had that odor when I pitched it into my starter. Is this a characteristic of the yeast or an infection?
 
It's pretty common for German lagers to throw off sulfur smells, especially when fermenting at higher temperatures. Is your starter at room temp?
 
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