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Thanks for commenting! Sulfur smell is very common with lagers. I have never experienced it with any of the ales I have tried. I made a Munich Helles (lager) without using a balloon. Plenty of Sulfur smell, but after leaving it in fermenter for about 10 days post fermentation, it faded away...

Thanks for replying! I have used the balloon for previous brews, never for a lager. First 3-4 days just a blowoff tube in starsan solution, so gases are blown away 'freely'. I attached the balloon when fermentation starts to slow down. I am pretty sure sulfur gases are still created past...

Dear fellow homebrewers, I am a new homebrewer (15 all grain budgets so far). I use a simple bucket as fermentation vessel with a blowoff tube. I have recently started using a maylar balloon to avoid suckback/O2 when cold crashing (with success). I now want to brew a lagger. I will be getting...