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Animalcules 

Animalcules in Winter (& a bad poem)

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Bryan 2 Comments animalcules, microscope, microscopy, video

My next Animalcules video is up. This episode shows some of the microorganisms which survive – frozen – in the harsh Canadian winter.

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Animalcules - my new video series.
Animalcules 

Animalcules: A New Video Series

February 3, 2023March 21, 2023 Bryan 0 Comments animalcules, microscope, microscopy, video

Welcome to Animalcules, my new video series featuring short videos of interesting microorganisms and animals.

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Part of a wild brettanomyces ITS sequence
Adventures in Yeast Wrangling Brewing Science Collecting Wild Yeasts Sour & Wild Yeast Wrangling 

Wild Brettanomyces – a Needle in a Haystack

November 6, 2022March 24, 2023 Bryan 0 Comments brettanomyces, brewing science, huntin, hunting wild yeasts, wild yeast

I successfully isolated some wild Brettanomyces, but the experiment wasn’t quite as successful as I had hoped.

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Adventures in Yeast Wrangling Brewing Science Collecting Wild Yeasts Sour & Wild Yeast Wrangling 

These ARE The Yeast You Are Looking For

November 2, 2022March 24, 2023 Bryan 2 Comments brettanomyces, brewing science, hunting wild yeasts, wild yeast

Not all experiments work…but some do! And that includes my second attempt to capture some wild Brettanomyces.

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Brewing Science Yeast Wrangling Your Home Yeast Lab Zymurgy 

Optimizing Yeast Starters and Large-Scale Yeast Production

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Bryan 11 Comments

Optimizing yeast starters is important for the frugal brewer and for producing large batches of beer. But what can you achieve at at home?

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Cheese Making Fact or Fiction? Fermented Foods Food 

Fact or Fiction – Safety and Health of Raw Milk

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Bryan 35 Comments cheese, fact or fiction, milk, raw milk, yoghurt, yogurt

There are a lot of claims regarding the safety and dangers of consuming raw milk. This article takes a critical eye to separate hype from reality.

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Where the wild brettanomyces roam
Beer on the Brain Brewing Science 

Where do the Wild Brettanomyces Roam?

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Bryan 1 Comment brettanmyces, wild yeast

A new video in my “Beer on the Brain” series looking at a potential environmental niche where wild Brettanomyces may

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Yeast cell diagram, from wikimeida
Brewing Science Fact or Fiction? 

Fact or Fiction – Are Dead Yeasts Yeast Nutrient?

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Bryan 6 Comments fact or fiction, nutrient, protein, yeast

This post was motivated by a letter read by Cade at the beginning of episode 65 of The Brü Lab.

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Brewing Science Vintage Beers Zymurgy 

Metabisulfite and Long-Aged Beers

March 12, 2022January 26, 2023 Bryan 6 Comments barleywine, brewing methods, experiment, long-aged beers, Metabisulfite, video, vintage beers

This is a short summary of a 7-year experiment looking at whether metabisulfite can be used to increase the lifespan of long-aged beers.

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Old Man Yells at Cloud
Brewing Science Zymurgy 

How Not To Test A Sanitizer

January 20, 2022May 25, 2022 Bryan 5 Comments brewing science, experiment, sanitizer

A post in which I grumble about the tendency of home and pro brewers to “test” sanitizers stupidly, leading to a lot of bad information.

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