No Brewer's yeast in Syria What to do?

[ferasof]

Hello
I live in the area, where people do not brew beer never. So we do not have any equipment for brewing beer.
I have tried germination barley (malt) and I brought the hops from the mountains (where they grow alone in the mountains). But I could not get the yeast yet.
Is there a way to harvest yeast from nature? Is there a solution to the problem of yeast?

 

[dstockwell]

Google it up, lots of links on the subject.

http://jesterkingbrewery.com/head-brewer-garrett-crowell-on-curating-native-yeast

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/collecting-wild-yeast.html

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=101886

 

[ericbw]

Re you able to get a bottle or two of commercial beer sent to you (or purchased??) there? If so, find a bottle conditioned beer like a hefeweizen or Belgian. There are some British as well (Old Speckled Hen, I think?). You can culture up the yeast from the dregs of the bottle. It will take time and might not be successful. But wild yeast will also take time.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

If you order dry yeast from an international source it should arrive to you in a viable state. But, you might have more fun collecting the wild yeast.

 

[kh54s10]

From what I know about that part of the world, be very careful or you might become headless.

I have tried capturing wild yeast.... unsuccessfully so far. Bottle dregs would be easiest, if you can get a naturally carbonated beer to get some yeast from.

 

[Norselord]

Up until 2013 homebrewing was still illegal in the USA in two states. I am unsure of who the current legal authority is in your specific part of Syria. If you are in an area that may experience rapid changes in government, the possession of alcohol may not be considered legal. From what I understand, some groups in Syria have a rather swift and terrible sense of judgment on these matters.

I would hate to have my conscience burdened with supplying you with the method of your own demise (and that of your family)

Beer requires a stable environment to flourish. Steady temperatures, no UV light, minimal artillery shelling, etc.
Can you provide a stable environment for your beer in Syria?

P.S. I totally get why you are trying to brew...

 

[Grod1]

ill gladly send a pack/s of dry brewers yeast to Syria. Send me a PM brother.
sorry bro this is what the postage calc said
At this time, all mail services to Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) are not available.

 

[passedpawn]

... But I could not get the yeast yet.
Is there a way to harvest yeast from nature? Is there a solution to the problem of yeast?

Sure, I've done it.

Can I culture yeast from Juniper Berries?

 

[ferasof]

thank you all
I want to tell you something about my country (Syria) ... the present situation not as you might imagine .. It seems that the news reach you in an exaggerated manner. The situation is not serious to the extent that you can imagine.
There are many areas in Syria living in peace and not in war. Such as the capital, Damascus, as well as the central region and the coastal region in full. All the places that are subject to government control, where no wars .. It's also relatively stable .. and in the government in controlled areas does not prohibit drinking alcohol does not prevent fermented.

But in our country before the war, there was no practice for homebrewing .. We had some factories for commercial beer and has destroyed or stopped because of the war.
Beer available in my country currently limited to a few commercial varieties imported from Lebanon, which is filtered and not able to extract yeast from it.
Let's be more clear .. There is a strong desire of people her to learn homebrew, because we have a commercial beer has become very expensive and not so good. So I began to search for the homebrewing until I reach to homebrewtalk.com fourms.

 

[ferasof]

ill gladly send a pack/s of dry brewers yeast to Syria. Send me a PM brother.
sorry bro this is what the postage calc said
At this time, all mail services to Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) are not available.

Thank you, brother,
I hope if I get a yeast packet. I think we have two companies operating in this area. I will send you all the costs

 

[user 204491]

I wish you the best of luck in either getting some commercial yeast or wrangling some wild.

For the latter I'd recommend reading this as it's a really great resource on the matter.

 

[wmcc75]

I thought I remembered watching a show with Sam Calagione from dogfish head where him and his team collected wild yeast from a date farm by leaving petri dishes out overnight. I imagine you could do something similar. I also read that tree bark is a good source for saccharomyces. However you do it, I hope you get a viable strain and get some brewing done!

 

[treacheroustexan]

Give this a read:

http://bootlegbiology.com/diy/capturing-yeast/

 

[ferasof]

I thought I remembered watching a show with Sam Calagione from dogfish head where him and his team collected wild yeast from a date farm by leaving petri dishes out overnight. I imagine you could do something similar. I also read that tree bark is a good source for saccharomyces. However you do it, I hope you get a viable strain and get some brewing done!

Unfortunately, date farm do not grow in my region

 

[ferasof]

Sure, I've done it.

I began by the juniper today, I'll tell you the results when finished

 

[treacheroustexan]

I began by the juniper today, I'll tell you the results when finished

I'm following. Please let us know! Good luck!

 

[guidz]

Maybe it's easyer to mail few packets from europe. Send me PM with your details and I'll look, what I can do

 

[ferasof]

I've searched for (juniper) and found as shown in the picture.
I've put the fruits with water and add a little sugar.
And now it has become five days and did not get any reaction yet.

 

[ericbw]

Wild yeast might take some time to get going. Or try other fruits - grapes, pineapple, etc.

 

[mattrox]

Make up about 500 ml with 50g of dry malt extract.

Throw in a hand full of wheat grains. There would have to be yeast that likes grain living on the grain.

 

[Grod1]

There is giong to be yeast/ other organisms the problem is cleaning the culture.
I would make 10 bottles .Try and prepare a 10 DME starters of difernt things. Eventaully one of them is bound to strt bubbling in a couple of days.
look for fruit with a white film on the top maybe try local honey, last resort could be freshbread but i would first look for ripe fruit.
Is there any asian food stores around you? Look for something called agar agar its a food thickener made out of seaweed.I can teach you how to make lab grade petridishes with house hold things if you can find/ buy that one item.

 

[rhys333]

In a pinch you could try dried bread yeast. I think the Basic Brewing channel on you tube has an episode on this and it worked out okay.

Also, I've had success collecting wild yeast on dry malt extract agar mixture. I scooped the yeast right off the top with a sterilized paperclip.

 

[z-bob]

In a pinch you could try dried bread yeast. I think the Basic Brewing channel on you tube has an episode on this and it worked out okay.

I was just about to suggest that. The first batch of beer might not be very good (it will be cloudy and estery and yeasty), but if you reuse the yeast it should adapt quickly. I also think bread yeast might be better for wheat beers than all barley. (some wheat beer are supposed to be cloudy, estery, and yeasty)

 

[ericbw]

For sure this is not going to be "good" beer! But still worth a shot.

 

[z-bob]

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=september-28-2007---trading-places-beer-and-bread-yeast

 

[ferasof]

thank you rhys333 and z-bob
I have already begun a Batch using dry bread yeast two days ago. I will wait for the results.