Yeast Thread

>>8734756
>can you grow yeast in dirt for decoration

Chemtrails are real.

>>8734763
It's a question, not a statement. Maybe /out/ is a better place for that specific question.

>>8735383
No dude you can not plant yeast like a tomato and watch it grow.
You can keep a disgusting mother batch on your counter in a jar of water and feed it sugar though. Not sure why people do this.

>>8735403
Good to know for Halloween.

>>8734756
I personally culture it in my vagina

>>8734756
I'm a /kvass-brewer/.

Since I don't want to spend 10 bucks on a fucking pack of yeast each time I brew, I've dedicated a small bottle filled with water, bread, flour, and sugar (add sugar daily), to have a supply of fresh and live yeast available at all times.

Active yeast is OK if you want it,
Instant yeast is a fucking meme.

>>8734756

I grow yeast because i have a starter culture going in my fridge.. but.. that's not really growing and isolating yeast. that's just part of making the sour doughs.

I just use active dry yeast from the store. To make your own "wild" yeast, you mix flour and water and let it sit in a warm place until it starts bubbling and gets frothy.

At the moment, I'm planning to grow specific strands of brewers yeast, but regular yeast is easy.

Before adding them to a bottle though, prepped like here >>8739475

I just activate the yeast before adding to bottle.

The best growth will be inhibited if you place it on a radiator.

>>8734756
I'm cultivating brewing yeast - basically taking samples every two weeks and feeding them beers I want them to eat / I want to make.

I've branched out twice - I've got a belgian that likes lending vanilla to chocolate malt, a superclean german ale yeast that's starting to get more than a little bit of a lager characteristic (possibly latent pastorianus?), an English that's becoming more English than English (I fed a small sample straight sugarwater and it made it smell like a bitter in under 24h), and a Dutch sourced wildcard that I've given some local flora... so far the sour isn't sour enough, but it will be.