First Lager - Wow, what is that sulfur smell?????

[Ntwkdsnr]

Hi Folks,
I'm trying my first lager beer. I brewed a 5 gal. batch California Common type of ale. I'm using White Labs WLP810 lager yeast. It has been 5 days, bubbling pretty good. I have a steady temperature of 53-54 deg F. But what is that sulfur smell? I hope the finished product doesn't taste like that.

Thanks,
Ed

 

[Blazinlow86]

The sulfur smell is the lager yeast. It's normal. Cheers

 

[Bklmt2000]

If you're smelling sulfur now, during the primary ferment, you won't smell (or taste) sulfur in the finished beer.

 

[Comfort_Zone]

It's called lager yeast.

 

[ApolloSimcoe]

I love the smell of fermenting lagers in the morning!

 

[Smellyglove]

Be sure to have it scrubbed out before packaging. Next time you could use some zinc to have less of the sulfur, like Servomyces yeast nutes.

 

[shoreman]

Have a listen to the latest Beersmith podcast to find out more about "That Smell"