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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, 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
Adventures in Yeast Wrangling Yeast Wrangling 

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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Old Man Yells at Cloud
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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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Beer on the Brain Brewing Science 

Beer on the Brain – Sugar in Starters

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Bryan 0 Comments brewing science, sugar, video, yeast starter

A short video on why we shouldn’t use simple sugars in yeast starters.

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Brewing Science Zymurgy 

Yeast: Species, Strains and Variability

May 9, 2013September 15, 2017 Bryan 0 Comments brewing science, yeast

A dendogram showing the genetic/evolutionary relationship between various species of yeasts. From Reference 1. So last night I met with

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Brewing Science Zymurgy 

Brewing Science: Gelatin & Clearing Beer

January 28, 2013September 15, 2017 Bryan 7 Comments brewing science

I was bottling my Merlins Mild this Friday, and while preping my gelatin, I realized it has been a while

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Brewing Science Zymurgy 

The Genetics of Beer Foam

December 12, 2012September 15, 2017 Bryan 0 Comments brewing science, yeast

Fear the frankenyeast! Several weeks ago it was announced that a yeast gene responsible for helping create the head on beer had been discovered[link

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Brewing Science Zymurgy 

Brew Science: The Iodine Test

September 3, 2012September 15, 2017 Bryan 5 Comments brewing science, mashing

This is in first of a series of articles about the science behind basic brewing processes.  These articles will explain

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