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Yeast Wrangling

All posts on culturing, characterising and using yeast and other brewing organisms in your home brewery.

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, 2022November 6, 2022 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, 2022November 6, 2022 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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Star wars yeast meme
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These Are Not The Yeast Your Are Looking For

October 6, 2022November 6, 2022 Bryan 0 Comments brettanomyces, brewing science, hunting wild yeasts, wild yeast

Not all experiments work, and that includes my first 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 8 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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Podcast: Homebrewing DIY

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Bryan 0 Comments podcast, wild brewing, wild yeast, yeast lab

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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drying kveik at 6 months
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Drying Kveik – The Grand Finale

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Bryan 7 Comments drying yeast, kveik, storing yeast

Six months ago I embarked on an experiment to assess how well drying kveik (Norwegian landrace yeasts) works as a

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drying kveik at 5 months - trypan blue stain
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Drying Kveik – 5 Months

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Bryan 4 Comments drying yeast, kveik, storing yeast

Wow, summer is flying by – its already time for the 5 month follow-up on my drying kveik experiment! For

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Drying Kveik – 965 Days!

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 Bryan 3 Comments

I have an unexpected update on my dried kveik experiment. My foray into Kveik brewing began back in 2016, and

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Drying Kveik – 4 Months

June 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Bryan 5 Comments drying yeast, kveik, storing yeast

I am now four months into my drying kveik experiment. Four months ago I dried some Voss Kveik, and have

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Drying Kveik – Part 4 (3 Months)

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Bryan 3 Comments drying yeast, kveik, storing yeast

A three-month followup on my experiment in drying kveik yeast. Viability of the yeast remains high three months following dehydration!

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