Some of you may have heard of Lars Marius Garshol, Norwrgian guy who has been doing in depth studies of farmhouse ales here and in Lithuania. If I'm not mistaken he had a hand in getting the Norwegian Farmhouse Ale strain produced at white labs.
That isn't the only farmhouse strain here, as it turns out there's lots of little farms around the country that have their own yeast strain that has been passed down for generations.
Well I got in contact with him, and as it turns out him and some friends have taken one such strain and propagated it and have sent it to homebrewers around the nation, who have propagated it and sent it on. And it just so happens that I'm going to get some next week!
I'm super excited as I was already planning on attempting a farmhouse ale using the same processes that he outlined on his blog from the farm this strain comes from!
It supposedly gives off some spice that's a little like Christmas spice flavor and an orange flavor and aroma. And the craziest part is that they pitch it at 40c! One guy even pitches at 43c.
Anyways just got really excited and wanted to share the news with this awesome community.
That isn't the only farmhouse strain here, as it turns out there's lots of little farms around the country that have their own yeast strain that has been passed down for generations.
Well I got in contact with him, and as it turns out him and some friends have taken one such strain and propagated it and have sent it to homebrewers around the nation, who have propagated it and sent it on. And it just so happens that I'm going to get some next week!
I'm super excited as I was already planning on attempting a farmhouse ale using the same processes that he outlined on his blog from the farm this strain comes from!
It supposedly gives off some spice that's a little like Christmas spice flavor and an orange flavor and aroma. And the craziest part is that they pitch it at 40c! One guy even pitches at 43c.
Anyways just got really excited and wanted to share the news with this awesome community.