jbord37
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The best part of this thread now is that I am getting cat food ads at the bottom of the page now ...
I really think this is cool, and hope it turns out well for you
I really think this is cool, and hope it turns out well for you
So with my hairless cat, should I just dunk the whole cat and leave it in until I see signs of fermentation?
So with my hairless cat, should I just dunk the whole cat and leave it in until I see signs of fermentation?
Glad to see all of the jokes have not deterred your project. Cant really comment on how many times to propagate the culture, but I would say enough times so that you would be willing to take the first drink.
If you dont think you could drink it then maybe leave out some wort in your house to see if you can get a spontaneous ferment without direct cat involvement. I would guess the results would be similar. It might makes sense to do it anyway as a control to see if the cats do add anything that dont already exist in house.
http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2011/04/ambient-spontaneous-yeast-starters.html
If you are looking to promote the yeast and not the bacteria from your cats spit it seems like keeping your starter cooler might do that. Maybe more frequent feeding would promote the yeast too, I know that works for sour dough bread to make it less sour.
Fantastic advice! Thank you very much for commenting. I will definitely do at least one more propagation before I attempt to make a drinkable beer. I will throw them in my fermentation chamber (happen to have a non-cat wheat about to finish anyhow). Any idea what sort of temperature would be a nice and cool? 60 degF, perhaps?
All these cat puns are amazing. So many great cat puns and cat beer names. I couldn't be happier.
clearly the OP was going for the feline equivalent of "barnyard" or "horsey":or is there some character you hope to get from the result?
And it's not like he's "dry furring" the beers or anything.
My homebrew is guaranteed 99% cat-fur-free.
:rockin:
You want to milk a hornet?
i would keep it as simple as possible for the first round, since the point of it should be to discover what your culture does. you don't want flavors from malts, hops, etc to get in the way.Can't wait to profile a real beer with this culture. Still not 100% on the style. Will probably go all DME for the first round. 150g per litre or so. Would 100g Pilsner and 50g dark DME produce and interesting balance?
My homebrew is guaranteed 99% cat-fur-free.
:rockin:
Mine is 99% guaranteed to contain dog hair.
**** ends up everywhere else, and have fished a floating hair out of my sparge bucket before.
My homebrew is guaranteed 99% cat-fur-free.
:rockin:
OP, please look at the following two articles for some advice.
Collecting Wild Yeast
Plating Yeast Selecting Colonies
Also, a great source for cheap agar agar would be to go to an Asian grocery store. They sell it in little 1 oz packets for about $1-2 and that way you don't need to buy anything expensive online. For petri dishes, just look online or find a local sciencey type store. In Chicago, we have American Science & Surplus and they have tons of great glassware and other stuff. As for an inoculation loop, I made two awesome ones from pieces of Ni-chrome wire and small SS tubing. The website I used for inspiration is here: https://www.shroomology.org/topic/1105-inoculation-loops/ *Disclaimer* Disregard that last website link's true purpose of promoting hallucinogens and use it only for the purpose of making a very nice inoculation loop that will serve you well for years to come. The two I made have been going strong for several years now. Take a peek at the attached image. I just took the two I made from 24 gauge ni-chrome wire and hammered them into a short 8-10" piece of 1/8" SS tube. I don't have a pic of them with their handle, but maybe I'll get industrious and write up a how-to for HBT, so others don't have to visit the deeper darker recesses of the net to find info on that other website.
Horde Mug = Aerolite
-Tasted Great! Very bready, funky, and a bit tangy. My best guess is a mix of classic yeast, brett, and lacto. Certainly not 100% sure of this, but that's my gut feeling. Didn't notice very much fruit or spice coming from the culture. Honestly... tasted and smelled like Aerolite himself.
1) I don't want to know how you know what your cat tastes like.
2) You are not allowed in my house. I have cats and I don't want you tasting them.
1) I don't want to know how you know what your cat tastes like.
2) You are not allowed in my house. I have cats and I don't want you tasting them.
Quick question...I understand the need to try and find wild or rare yeast, but why, why, Why, WHY, WHYYYYYYYYYY would you throw cat fur, whole, into wort and try and taste it? Why not just take a swab from your cats and see if it cultures onto a simple petri dish of agar and starter wort jelly mixture? That way you can at least isolate healthy looking colonies and avoid the ones that are obviously mold or just downright nasty.
1) I don't want to know how you know what your cat tastes like.
2) You are not allowed in my house. I have cats and I don't want you tasting them.
I have to admit, when I first saw the thread title my first though was of the intellectual nature of cats, and then it turned out even better than I could have ever hoped!
Am I the only one who noticed that the OP's screen name is the same as one of his cats?
Yes.
No, wait. No. Most people have.
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