Wyeast 2112...

[Wally martin]

Cooked up a batch of easy lager.. Simple quick and inexpensive.. 3 lbs pilsen dme
1 lb dextrose
1 lb 2 row
1 lb flaked corn
Double addition 1 Oz Columbus.
In the fermentation room 60°F
She's bubbling away but the smell Coming out of the blow off tube is that of sulfur like well water.. I've never done a lager before and I used wyeast 2112 lager yeast because of the higher temp fermentation.. Did all normal sanitization blah blah blah.. Is this normal with this yeast? Just curious.. Cheers

 

[jrgtr42]

Trying to come up with a Rush joke, and failing...
but I understand that lager yeast tends to throw more sulfur than ale yeast - and the warmer the fermentation, the more... aromatic... it tends to be.
The phenomenon is also known as rhino farts.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Nothing to worry about. Many lager yeasts emit a sulfur smell. Some are down right shocking and scary, and humorous when you open your fermentation chamber and your wife catches a whiff and says "holy crap! you aren't going to drink that rotten egg juice are you?" [yes, this happened with my Pilsner Urquell clone, and it always turns out wonderful]

It will go away with time and lagering. If need be, vent your keg a few times during initial aging. Sulfur is very volatile and escapes your beer easily.

 

[Wally martin]

Thank you for the responses!! Ok ill let her keep on keepin on!

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Just this afternoon, I went to check on a batch of kolsch i'm fermenting. I used Giga 021 yeast. Holy hell the chamber reeked like sulfur. Made me think of this thread and many others that got the surprise sulfur slap