Recent content by Gerald Godwin

Hello All, I recently made my first attempt at wild yeast harvesting and fermentation. I put a few jars of lightly hopped 1.040 wort outside my house overnight, and let them ferment away for about a month with the lids loosely on top. After that, I made some agar plates and streaked them each...

Thanks for the replies. I’m excited to see how it turns out. Makes me feel a little better that it doesn’t seem like an infection. I ended up checking the gravity of the Fuller’s beer the next day, and even with a krausen it had hardly fermented either. Only down to the high 1.040s. I probably...

Hey Everyone, I just attempted my first yeast harvest from commercial beers on my brew last weekend. My homebrew club is having a brew-off where we all use the same porter recipe, and everyone selects their own yeast. I made two separate starters; one from an Old Slug porter and one from a...