My attempt at a wild fermentation

[louie0202]

I prepared 1.5L of a mild starter at 1.030 gravity. I placed three mason jars two outside and one inside by the window for approximately 12 hours, I also threw in some grain into one of the jars. I placed a cheese cloth over each one to keep bugs etc out.

This morning I dumped them all into a one gallon fermenter with an airlock. Hopefully I will get some decent wild yeast, seems like overall it's pretty hit or miss if people get lucky with this. After reading Brew Like a Monk though I had to give it a shot and thought after reading the other wild fermentation thread that this would be a better method then chancing a whole 3 or 5 gallon batch. If it doesn't work out, not a huge issue as I have some Abbey II that I can use for my next brew

 

[badlee]

Depending on the temperatures where you are,I would say you are quite likely to get lacto from the grains at least.

 

[louie0202]

It was about 50 degrees outside last night and about 68 - 70 inside my house.....in a day or two if anything emerges i will post a pic.

 

[cinderbike]

I captured some wild yeast - probably Brett C. - with the same method.