Beer and Moulds – More There Than You Think
I interrupt my Fifty Meter Beer Project for one of my “classical” posts on brewing contaminants. Moulds (molds for my
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Wild Brewing
Posts on brewing using yeasts and other organisms isolated from the environment.
Wild Brettanomyces – Fermentation Tests
The final post in the 2022/2023 hunt for wild Brettanomyces. Here, I look at the fermentation characteristics of the two species of Brettanomyces I successfully isolated this fall.
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Groom of the Stool – A Cautionary Tale
Join me for a wild yeast adventure. Complete with bad puns, mild profanity, and a total absence of success. Home brewed science at its best!
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Podcast: Homebrewing DIY
Listen in for my interview with the Homebrewing DIY podcast, where Colter and I discuss wild brewing and home yeast labs.
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Wild Yeast Lecture!
Does social distancing got you down? Bored of sheltering in place? Want something – anything – to take your mind off of the pandemic? Interested in wild yeast, mixed fermentation beers, and brewing microbiology? If you’re a member of the Canadian Homebrewers Association you’re in luck! Tomorrow, Thursday March 19, I am giving a virtual lecture on brewing with wild Canadian yeasts!
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Wild Mead (made the Hard Way)
A post and accompanying video on how to make a wild mead using honey and yeast from your backyard bee hive.
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Going Wild – Coolshipped Beers in the Home Brewery
A short article on how to brew wild beers using coolship techniques. Article originally appeared in the Canadian Homebrewers Association newsletter.
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I Get Around – Wild Yeast Version
Over the years my blog posts and videos have reached a surprising number of readers/viewers, especially those on wild yeast.
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At long last, how the cheap beer kit turned out.
Back in early December 2016 I posted a rambling “brewversary” video, looking back at my 20 years as a home
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Finally, the last video in my “Hunting Wild Yeast” video series is complete. In this, the third and final video,
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