Wild yeast

[Reviled]

hey guys, I have a random idea..

I saved 2 litres of wort from my CAP brewed on thursday which i was going to use as a starter in the weekend, but didnt get round to it, I noticed on sunday the wort started to go a bit cloudy, and now its fully cloudy with a couple of white spots which look sorta funky...

I was thinking, if I just leave it to do its thing, and do a taste test when its finished, I would then in theory be able to use this as a starter for a spontenious fermentation yeh???

I know that theres a 99% chance that it will be feral, but im curious as to what I have flying around my garage, most probably just lacto from all the milled grain?? But wouldnt it be cool if there was something awesome in there? ;o)

Any ideas? Or am I just crazy? :oP lol

[Mike Neilson]

I thought I was mad!! Bottle it and see what happens!! My garage must be sterile!! I have had some trub wort recovery protocol stuff sitting in the garage at ambient since last sat and it only oxidised no bugs in it!!

[studio1]

Nup. You're crazy. Lol

[James P]

Probably the H yeast strain.... H for HOLDEN! :p

[Haish]

Bacterial infection?? I'm sure it won't kill you but I'd guess it will taste pretty funky.

[Reviled]

Any idea what sort of bacteria I could expect?? I was thinking more lacto?

[Mike Neilson]

See how sour it is? than chuck in some S05 and see what happens?

[Haish]

No idea, but its safe to say that something will be floating around. They're everywhere, as are wild fungi...

[denimglen]

Hey bro, you might be interested in this.