I captured some wild organisms and inoculated wort with them, as described in this post:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/isolated-wild-something-id-help-wanted-243306/
It went from malt agar to Sabouraud agar to hopped wort and grew in each medium.
After a few weeks, the organism in question has thrived, produced some pleasant aromas, and is forming a cake on the bottom. The strange thing is that the gravity hasn't appreciably changed from the SG (1.060), which puzzles me. Any idea what sort of bug could do that? If it hasn't been consuming sugars all this time, what exactly has it been using?
I guess I'm in the market for a microscope now because I'm dying to figure out what the heck this thing is even if I can't use it.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/isolated-wild-something-id-help-wanted-243306/
It went from malt agar to Sabouraud agar to hopped wort and grew in each medium.
After a few weeks, the organism in question has thrived, produced some pleasant aromas, and is forming a cake on the bottom. The strange thing is that the gravity hasn't appreciably changed from the SG (1.060), which puzzles me. Any idea what sort of bug could do that? If it hasn't been consuming sugars all this time, what exactly has it been using?
I guess I'm in the market for a microscope now because I'm dying to figure out what the heck this thing is even if I can't use it.