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So my first foray into brewing with wild yeast has had its ups and downs. I kept my wort too hot so I have minimal flavor from my fresh cascade hops. I just bottled and am concerned the carbonation may be a little low. The ups, though, is that the sacc. I pulled from juniper berries is turning...

One more bug, did you use hops in your wort? I did with mine.

How did you collect your wild culture, if you don't mind me asking. My culture was done on a petrie dish, then a second swipe. I accidentally left it out at room temp, instead of putting it in the fridge. When we looked through the microscope, it seemed really clean. I'm guessing the juniper...

First Wild Yeast Pitch Ever: Amber Extract, fresh Cascade hops, and Wild Sacc. cultivated from juniper berries. It's probably going to be pretty hoppy as the hops stayed at a higher temp longer than I prefer. I'm guessing that's probably an OK thing. It's been fermenting for about 5 days, and...

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A friend and I cultivated some sacc from juniper berries. This is my first attempt using wild yeast. I made a small 3 L batch using amber extract and some fresh cascade hops. I also made a control 2 gal. batch using s-05 American yeast. In the wild yeast batch I had to leave about 16 hours...

Still no action. Do you think density could be an issue? It is pretty thick with malt extract and hops?

My main concern right now is aeration. How long should I wait before I should work on aerating, and what would be the best method?

I had trouble getting all the way down to the bottom of the jar. I'm thinking that was the problem. Would any sacc be at the top at all?

This past month a microbiologist friend and I were working on collecting wild yeast. We pulled samples from juniper berries, plums from my tree, and from the wild. We set up multiple petrie dishes using plum and juniper yeast samples, along with corn sugar and malt extract as food sources. In...

I'm guessing the problems with chlorine are more associated with its use on plastic. I've been fine rinsing out bottles with it. From the get go I've used Idaphor on my fermenter(s). Has anyone had first hand experience with a bad batch using chlorine to sanitize plastic?

Here is a link on how I brew and it may answer some questions. This describes how I brew inexpensively, but it answers many of your questions. Take what works for you, and good luck. There are many ways to brew, make it comfortable for you :) p.s.- regarding your bottles, if they have growth...

I doubt you have anything to worry about. The beer should be fine. A friend of mine, a week into brewing his first batch, said he was having trouble with knowing how his fermentation was going. I checked it out and there was no water in the airlock. :drunk: His beer avoided infection and came...

My friends Mr. Beer Beer got me back into brewing. It made me realize that I was wrong thinking you HAVE to use glass to ferment to make good beer. I chose to go with the bucket because I like having the airlock on my fermenter. From first hand experience, Mr. Beer's fermenter does the job as well.

I'm going to have to look into that. It would be nice to make a full case of beer, as long as it fit my space restrictions. To make it like my fermenter, the extra step would be to drill a 3/4" hole in the lid and buy a #3 stopper. You would have to add the spigot as well. With this free food...

I prefer Idophor, but if you are testing the waters, bleach works. I would switch out the minute a new person sees brewing as a long term hobby/obsession. Thanks Rammitt for the insight on Starsan. The Fermenter has a spigot installed. No need for bottling bucket, cane, or filler. It functions...

It is a little less than 2 gallons of beer, but it works quite well for just starting out brewing. I'll fix the error

I’m a cheap bastard, and I always look for ways to cut costs. For those looking to get into brewing, but want to avoid a big costly outlay, I will explain my suggestions on how I do it inexpensively. The cost will be between $12-$40 to create your setup. The goal is a very tasty beer...

I'm in the process of working with a biologist friend to isolate a wild strain out here in Idaho. This is new to us, so it would be hard to nail down when we will have something worthy of trading. I'm interested, so I'll let you know when something comes available. If you are still interested...

I know I'm Jumping in here late, but I started doing 2 gallon batches with equipment for around $40. The beer is good and I get many compliments. I like Loki's approach: How can I test the waters before I dump tons of money into this (which is very plausible when your beer rocks). I recommend a...