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The yeast I used was fermentis saflager s-23

Okay so it looks like its working better now I have a nice foam ring around the top and I can see some bubbles in the blow off bucket. Is it normal for it to smell like rotten eggs? It smells pretty bad everytime I open the cooler door.

Okay so I don't have a second fermentor so I'm good there. So another question my recipe says keep it in the fermentor for a week then move to bottling part and leave bottled for a couple of weeks. Now should I ferment for 2 weeks and also when I do bottle how long and what temp should that be?

Thank you for your quick reply. Like I said I knew there would be mistakes so I'm not worried if this comes out a little funky. I do have a question though you told me to make sure I keep my beer on the yeast cake for a good 2-3 weeks now exactly what does that mean lol. Like I said im new and...

Hey as the title says I brewed my first batch last night. I got a kit from midwest supplies This bud's for you. I thought that would be a good start. Anyways I had a couple of screwups I know about which is expected first brew. First I found out that my KM14 thermometer was broken after I...