What is wrong with my sauerkraut?

[kdmama33]

I've made sauerkraut numerous times. It's one of the NT type dishes that I didn't have to convince anyone to eat ... everyone in my family loves it, and we go through a lot of it. So, you'd think I'd be an expert, right? Wrong!

This new batch of 'kraut that I have going stinks! And I don't mean like it usually stinks. This smells like chlorine. Like a swimming pool, with that overpowering chlorine smell that just gets into your nose and won't get out. KWIM?

Anyone ever had that happen to you? Does it mean the 'kraut is bad? I have NO idea what might have gone wrong, as I made it the same way that I always make it. I did, however, use Redmond's salt instead of Celtic Sea Salt -- it's what they had at the local HFS when I ran out of CSS. Think that would make that much of a difference?

[Plummeting]

I would throw it out. I'm no expert at all, but I think if it smells bad, it is bad. I don't use celtic sea salt and I've not had problems with the salt I use (Mediterranean Sea salt). Kosher salt or additive-free sea salt of any kind are both supposed to be fine, according to other sources I've read. I think sometimes contamination just happens.