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Is this infected? My first lager

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eRicphtgr

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Hi guys, I was brewing my first ever lager and notice that it is quite different from ale. I used S-189 and ferment at 57F or 14C.

It turns out looks like this. I can smell a little bit egg from the air lock. Does it normal?

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Nope, no infection that I can see. Egg is a good smell, too - means sulpher is being produced as a by-product. Let it ride and this will dissipate.

Lager yeasts are bottom-fermenters, meaning that the majority of activity will take place at the bottom of your fermentation vessel. They can look very different from ale fermentations, which ferment higher up.
 
Nope, no infection that I can see. Egg is a good smell, too - means sulpher is being produced as a by-product. Let it ride and this will dissipate.

Lager yeasts are bottom-fermenters, meaning that the majority of activity will take place at the bottom of your fermentation vessel. They can look very different from ale fermentations, which ferment higher up.

thanks guy, cause it looks really creepy at the bottom when I look close :D
 

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