Comment on Trying to capture wild yeast
portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I did this a few years ago. Dissolved some spray malt in hot water with some hop pellets. Placed in a jar and covered with muslin fabric and a rubber band. Left overnight. Brought them in and put an airlock on. Few days a yeast cake started forming
The hops already help prevent some nasties and boiling the water first helps clear out anything that may have been in there.
I’ll probably do that as well at some point. In my research though, I’ve come across the suspicion that hops would hinder the growth of Brettanomyces, so I deliberately left them out here. For whom it may concern, here is one of my sources: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2nhUM5PIrg
I don’t know this, but it’s interesting. I guess it depends how wild you want to go with your yeast too :)
It should be palatable at least - and I don’t want to die. I understand that the latter bar is the easier one to take, but not granted.