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Stuck my finger in there 45 minutes later and it tasted sweet so I figured it was still good.
Then I had a little un-hopped wort just sitting there and decided to use it. BIAB'd it into a cup and wrapped the cup up in another mesh bag to keep the bugs out and stuck it in my oak tree over night...
Grabbed it this morning and threw it in the flask on the stir plate to see what I may have got...?
frick if I know.

Good luck with that. I plan to give it a try in the fall. I've never done it but have researched it a good bit. Supposedly the wild bug ratio is not good in the warmer months and you are more likely to get a successful batch when it is cooler. Also, you probably should put some hops in the wort to slow the growth of acid producing bacteria b/c they can lower the pH enough to make the wort inhospitable to any wild yeast that you capture.

Check out Wild Brews by Jeff Sparrow and the The Mad Fermentationist .

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Posted by s14suspense

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Posted on 6/27/13 at 10:54 am to rds dc

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Check out Wild Brews by Jeff Sparrow and the The Mad Fermentationist .

yep, I was just fricking around. have no real plans for it at the moment. I agree with the cooler months thing for sure.

That site is pretty amazing. It's a little too over my head sometimes which makes it hard to really follow.

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Posted by LSUGrad00

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Posted on 6/27/13 at 11:06 am to rds dc

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Check out Wild Brews by Jeff Sparrow

completely agree... this is one of my favorite brewing books.

If anyone is interested in brewing wild/sour beers I would also recommend checking out this podcast with Jean Van Roy of Cantillon.

LINK

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