Owly055
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Who but a Viking would scream into the fermenter while pitching yeast? The idea is to make the yeast stronger and more robust, and the drinkers merrier. Yeast Screaming is a Norwegian thing.. most of my friends are Norwegians, so it doesn't surprise me much.
Seriously, I purchased a vial of Kveik Yeast from White Labs......... a HUGE vial sufficient to pitch directly into 5 gallons. My interest is in the broad temp range, from the 60's to 100F without fusels and higher alcohols. Reading about Kveik has been very interesting. It is kind of the "sourdough" of the modern brewing world. A "farmhouse" ale yeast that has evolved over time, reused again and again for hundreds of years, never isolated into specific strains. A few have found their way to the US. I'm excited about this! I run other very "loose" cultures like Kombucha and Kefir and Sourdough. This fits right into my natural inclination of letting things run more or less wild rather than trying to exercise control over everything. It will go into my Fast Ferment ................with a good healthy scream! for my continuous brew project, which I've described in several other threads. It's an ongoing brew, a few gallons pulled off to secondary each week, and fresh wort added, the hops and malts gradually being changed to match current tastes.
This is exactly what I'm looking for, and I would like to solicit volunteer "screamers" to scream in sympathy when I do pitch this yeast. This may not be too far off, perhaps as early as Sunday afternoon. If you are interested in being a support screamer, please let me know, and I will put you on a list of people to notify of the count down when the time comes. If screaming into my fermenter works, then hundreds of people around the world screaming along with me can only result in a superior beer ;-)
While this was written "tongue in cheek", (most of it), I do in fact intend to scream into my fermenter when I pitch this yeast, and I will appreciate your support. below are a couple of great links. The blog is wonderful, the Utube is in Norwegian and the "scream" is not impressive at all, I plan a much more dramatic scream!
http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/
https://youtu.be/87yuqFrB3Cg
H.W. (English, Swede, and French)
MOD EDIT: Removed Political comments.
Seriously, I purchased a vial of Kveik Yeast from White Labs......... a HUGE vial sufficient to pitch directly into 5 gallons. My interest is in the broad temp range, from the 60's to 100F without fusels and higher alcohols. Reading about Kveik has been very interesting. It is kind of the "sourdough" of the modern brewing world. A "farmhouse" ale yeast that has evolved over time, reused again and again for hundreds of years, never isolated into specific strains. A few have found their way to the US. I'm excited about this! I run other very "loose" cultures like Kombucha and Kefir and Sourdough. This fits right into my natural inclination of letting things run more or less wild rather than trying to exercise control over everything. It will go into my Fast Ferment ................with a good healthy scream! for my continuous brew project, which I've described in several other threads. It's an ongoing brew, a few gallons pulled off to secondary each week, and fresh wort added, the hops and malts gradually being changed to match current tastes.
This is exactly what I'm looking for, and I would like to solicit volunteer "screamers" to scream in sympathy when I do pitch this yeast. This may not be too far off, perhaps as early as Sunday afternoon. If you are interested in being a support screamer, please let me know, and I will put you on a list of people to notify of the count down when the time comes. If screaming into my fermenter works, then hundreds of people around the world screaming along with me can only result in a superior beer ;-)
While this was written "tongue in cheek", (most of it), I do in fact intend to scream into my fermenter when I pitch this yeast, and I will appreciate your support. below are a couple of great links. The blog is wonderful, the Utube is in Norwegian and the "scream" is not impressive at all, I plan a much more dramatic scream!
http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/
https://youtu.be/87yuqFrB3Cg
H.W. (English, Swede, and French)
MOD EDIT: Removed Political comments.
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