I tried to capture wild yeast again...

In this video I harvest wild yeast and bacteria for a beer.

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[syke]

This was probably the best video I've seen you post. The muslin bag on a narrow neck was a good idea and so different compared to a traditional coolship. I also liked the pH details that I wasn't aware of. I'm glad the vid was start to glass, including time lines. Placing it in the flower bed was interesting too. I live in a location well known for fantastic spontaneous ale and I've been wanting to do this exact thing. Good info here. Keep it up.

[williamcory]

Love this. I brew 1 gallon batches for my more experimental stuff, and recently tried leaving a 1 gal batch overnight outside to capture yeast. I have had some activity, but no krausen or anything. Think I need to try this method of stepping up from starter sizes.

[joecarl]

I would just leave the jar full open and exposed if you have 5% abv and hops in the starter. If you have it out only for a couple hours at a time It will be ok to do so. I had a wasp land in mine and it brought a delicious wild saison like yeast with it. Strained it out and set it on the stir plate for a night before harvesting.

[bbqribz]

can't wait to hear how the refill turned out, or if you ever did send it in to for analysis. i just scaled up my first attempt at wild yeast to 1 gal, smelling good aside from a little nail polish.

[leehaseley]

Glad this one worked out as well as it did.

[NormanBatesIsMyMum]

Very interesting. If you could get a proper lab analysis done I think we could be hitting nerdgasm levels of homebrewing

[TuckemSTOGS]

Love the wild yeast perfect time right now to captured in the air

[brucrafter]

While I'm not a huge fan of sour beers myself (they give me indigestion), I've always really liked the idea of capturing wild yeast. What a crapshoot! Never know what you'll find. Very cool video to show us from start to finish...8 months!

[JohnsDrams]

Love the editing on this - great video!

[ElaborateTrolling]

You made a beer and tasted in the same

[tastytales]

Awesome video, entertaining and in the same time learning so much from you! Keep up the good work!

[baddonkey]

My best luck has been by adding one shot of vodka per liter of wort then leaving it out for a week, the alcohol inhibits bad bacteria and any weaker alcohol-intolerant yeast strains, sometimes i leave it under an oak tree for a couple days then under a blackberry bush a couple days then try brewing with it

[JH-qqqqqiim]

I like your little garage setup. Sometimes I envy brewers in the suburbs with all the extra space to brew. I brew full 5 gallons all grain in an apartment in Torrance. It’s doable but definitely has its challenges. Looks like you live in South Bay too. Do you buy your supplies at south bay brewing supplies in Torrance? That’s where I get all my stuff.

[LouBrt]

Another great video, I really enjoyed the way the video was set up with all stages on one video. I tried to collect wild yeast on my rooftop in Chicago and the beer turned out pretty disgusting, I wonder if it was my technique or the kind of wild yeast that lives in the industrial area of Chicago haha.

[slammyreed]

Have you thought about plating it on Petri dishes in order to isolate what you want and cultivate a “house” strain?

[felipesparks]

I want to attempt this in the spring. How do you detect mold in a brown growler? You’ll literally see black spots on surface of liquid and/or side walls?

[loki]

hi! big fan of your videos!
concerning bottling, did you prime this wild sour as any other beer or did you add priming yeast?

[redlawretsnif]

What kind of attenuation did you get? I've read that can be pretty variable with wild captures.

[TumultousJones]

Great video, I’ll trade you a bottle of cascade for a vial of your wild slurry, I’ve been watching your videos for awhile and it would be awesome to use yeast from someone who was been such a huge influence in my home brewing career.

[mrpieceofwork]

Move to south Texas or points east, and that right there will cure you of running before a shoot... either that, or make you change your shirt. That said... something to ponder: how does humidity effect brewing?