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PIpe line is now well established
While perusing the Cider/Wine section of Berkeley Bowl, I came across some sparkling wine with a nice bed of what I think to be yeast. I know that my wife likes to switch it up from time to time and have wine instead of cider, so I figured this might be a good choice. We both really liked it, so I figured, what the heck, maybe I can harvest and culture the yeast from the bottom of the bottle.
I found some info on doing just that with beer, so I followed the directions to do it with the wine (https://www.jaysbrewing.com/2012/09/05/9-steps-to-culture-yeast-from-a-bottle/). Basically, I made some wort 10:1 water to DME. I sanitized a 12 ounce clear beer bottle and poured the remnants in the wine bottle in to it. Then, I added 3ml of wort, and shook the bottle for a little while to get some oxygen in the wort, put a stopper with airlock on it, and set in a warm place. Fairly soon, I noticed small bubbles forming, and the the water in the airlock had moved as when then pressure starts to build from CO2 production. Could the yeast react to the DME that quickly?
I am doing this mostly for fun, and maybe use the yeast (if any) as an experiment to see what happens with a wild yeast from Italy
I found some info on doing just that with beer, so I followed the directions to do it with the wine (https://www.jaysbrewing.com/2012/09/05/9-steps-to-culture-yeast-from-a-bottle/). Basically, I made some wort 10:1 water to DME. I sanitized a 12 ounce clear beer bottle and poured the remnants in the wine bottle in to it. Then, I added 3ml of wort, and shook the bottle for a little while to get some oxygen in the wort, put a stopper with airlock on it, and set in a warm place. Fairly soon, I noticed small bubbles forming, and the the water in the airlock had moved as when then pressure starts to build from CO2 production. Could the yeast react to the DME that quickly?
I am doing this mostly for fun, and maybe use the yeast (if any) as an experiment to see what happens with a wild yeast from Italy