Open fermentations are very they're just risky cause you don't know what you ain't yet, and you're also going to get a lot bacteria. In two thousand 13, roguebury was looking to make a beer with a wild yeast, and they tried some open fermentations in some nearby orchards. So as a semi joke, they tried to culture some yeast using 12 beard hairs of their brew master. The idiom to get a wild hare will never be the same to me. But you can open ferment or try wild strains. It just might not be for beginners.
Nothin' like crackin' open a cold one with the Ologites, amirite? If you like booze, you'll love... fungus! Alie goes Rogue and takes a field trip to a brewery in Newport, OR where she smells vats of bubbling beer slop and learns about the microorganisms that are the workhorses of the brewing industry. Learn about yeasts, how beer is made, the hardest part about being a beer maker, the thick history of beer, some home brewing tips and also a nugget about bungholes. Let's get yeasty.
Special thanks to Shannon Feltus and Boni Dutch for the hook-up and the road trip to the coast.
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