I saw this video where these fellas fermented a beer with a log. So, I'm a total yeast guy when it comes to brewing and I check it out. That seemed interesting enough, but looking around on the interweb I came across information on wild yeast on certain fruits and then I came across kveik and, of course, researching kveik pointed me to raw, or unboiled ale. I can't help how fascinated I am with all of that.
Obviously I have more questions than answers, but I think at some point I want to brew a farmhouse raw ale. Instead of a kveik yeast, which looks fairly complicated to actually get ahold of, at least what is considered legitimate strains, I'm thinking of harvesting wild yeast from my back yard.
I saw where the the film on certain fruits are actually yeast. I have these trees in my yard. I'm not sure if they are miniature apples or crab apples. Anyway, I have always noted a film on them. I don't ever spray any insecticide or fungicides. I'm thinking, now, that is probably wild yeast.
The evil plan I'm formulating is, sometime late summer or early fall, I'll grab a few of those apples and toss them in some wort and see if I capture a wild yeast. Then, I'll brew something that incorporates the apples and brew a raw ale.
Thoughts? Am I crazy, or just mad?
Obviously I have more questions than answers, but I think at some point I want to brew a farmhouse raw ale. Instead of a kveik yeast, which looks fairly complicated to actually get ahold of, at least what is considered legitimate strains, I'm thinking of harvesting wild yeast from my back yard.
I saw where the the film on certain fruits are actually yeast. I have these trees in my yard. I'm not sure if they are miniature apples or crab apples. Anyway, I have always noted a film on them. I don't ever spray any insecticide or fungicides. I'm thinking, now, that is probably wild yeast.
The evil plan I'm formulating is, sometime late summer or early fall, I'll grab a few of those apples and toss them in some wort and see if I capture a wild yeast. Then, I'll brew something that incorporates the apples and brew a raw ale.
Thoughts? Am I crazy, or just mad?