Wild Wort

Brew

Hops

Hop60min
Pacific Gem 10g

Grain

  • 2.5kg Gladfield Pilsner Malt
  • 2.5kg Gladfield Wheat Malt

Yeast

wild cultures

Water Treatment

1.5g CaCl, mash pH 5.3, sparge pH 5.6

Boil Additions

1x wf tablet, 4g yeast nutrient @ 10min

Brew

  • Mash in at 67°C with 18L, rest for 60 min at 67°C.
  • Mash out: 10min @ 76C
  • Sparge with 15L at 76°C
  • Preboil size 29L
  • Boil time 90mins
  • Postboil size 24L
  • Fermenter volume 22.5L

Fermentation

N/A

Fermenter Additions

N/A

Carbonation

N/A

Bottled

N/A

Final Volume

N/A

Notes

A basic wort for wild cultures, brewed and cubed 2x so it’s ready to go when needed.

First wort was combined with another 20L and added onto a wild trub.

The second wort cube went into an all rounder with a wild culture I’ve grown from dregs, similar to what was used in the sour Saison.

Wild Sour Brew

The wild culture was from dregs of various beers and grown up gradually until a final volume dme wort of approx 3L. I used a pinch of yeast nutrient in the wort once the wild culture was established, 60g light dme in 1L water.

Pitched together with 22L of the wild wort, fermentation kicked off quickly and well under way after a few days.