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Another successful build to chalk up for this design. All I need now is a 10 gallon boil kettle and I am set for All Grain.

1250 +5 = 1255 1st 5gal batch began fermenting tonight

Good News Everyone! Apparently patience will make the DMS go away! 2 days later and the smells is pretty much completely gone. Time to try it with a real beer!

I initially though that since the smell was in my 16 oz starter, however, it was also really strong in my 1/2 gallon starter before pitching the yeast leading me to believe its the wort. It is possible that the wort was infected beforehand and also possible that it is the yeast. Just looking for...

I was able to capture some wild yeast on petri dishes of DME and gelatin. For the past few weeks I have been growing my starter, which is now ~1/2 gal. Yeast seems to be healthy and tastes fine so far, however I have a really strong creamed corn DMS smell. Is there anything I should/can do to...