>
> Fruity smell = good
> Yeasty smell = good
> Vomit, gunpowder, "horrid" and others = bad
>
> If you want to be sure its good, taste it. Should taste sour.(the
> starter, not the bread.)
>
> FWIW

lol, If you'd taste it it's not bad unless you've got a reeeaaallly
strong stomach. : -)

The only exception to this rule that I've come across is when you've
had your starter really wet to encourage the LB's it can sometimes
smell a little bit like rotten eggs, i.e. like sulphur. This has
happened to me once or twice but it made great bread all the same. I
stress a little like.

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TG