Wild Yeast and Bacteria
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Wild yeast and bacteria may be used for brewing, winemaking and distilling. These strains lend a wide range of unique, specific tastes and aromas, such as acidity, barnyard funk and earthy notes.
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Bootleg Biology – The Mad Fermentation Saison Blend. BB: 14/01/2021
£13.99This blend integrates beautifully with fruity and tropical hops, with the unique Brett culture keeping hop aromatics crisp and bright for an extended time. For best results use a highly fermentable wort, dry hopping during the tail of active fermentation, and carbonating naturally.
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Bootleg Biology – BBXBRLN – Berliner Blend – BETA- BB: 15/01/2021
£13.99This Berliner Blend is designed to make tart, funky, and flavorful Berliners using traditional Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus Berliner cultures.
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Bootleg Biology – Chardonnay (S. cerevisiae boulardii) BB:08/01/2021
£13.99Chardonnay is a clean fermenter but produces mild phenolics and a touch of citrusy & banana aroma at normal ale temperatures.
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Bootleg Biology – Funk Weapon #1 BB: 06/01/2021
£13.99This rare, and commercially unavailable yeast isolate, produces pungent horse blanket and fresh leather aromas. Perfect for breaking out the funk in farmhouse-style beers.
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Bootleg Biology – Funk Weapon #2 BB: 13/01/2021
£13.99perfect for 100% Brettanomyces fermentations, especially Brett IPAs. Amplifies citrus and tropical fruit-forward hop flavors and aromas into a punchy ripeness.
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Bootleg Biology – Funk Weapon #3 BB: 08/01/2021
£13.99a versatile culture that creates wildly different flavor and aroma profiles depending on the age of fermentation. Young fermentations produce mild musty funk and ripe tropical fruit, while older and bottle conditioned ferments show off unique flavors and aromas of strawberry, cherry and tropical candy.
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Bootleg Biology – S. arlingtonesis BB: 08/01/2021
£13.99This culture ferments extremely clean in the 50’sF (lagers) & 60’sF (Kolsch and Lager hybrids), and has subtle fruity/citrus esters in the higher end of the Ale fermentation range (wheat-centric beers).
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Bootleg Biology – BBXSS-1115 – Sour Solera Blend (Winter 2015) BB: 15/01/2021
£13.99Sour Solera™ Blend contains a unique and complex collection of Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and other funky yeast and souring bacteria pulled from an active fermentation.
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Bootleg Biology – BBXSS-1118 – Sour Solera Blend (Fall 2018) BB: 15/01/2021
£13.99Sour Solera™ Blend contains a unique and complex collection of Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and other funky yeast and souring bacteria pulled from an active fermentation.
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Bootleg Biology – BBXSS-1119 – Sour Solera Blend (Winter 2019) BB: 15/01/2021
£13.99Sour Solera™ Blend contains a unique and complex collection of Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and other funky yeast and souring bacteria pulled from an active fermentation.
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Bootleg Biology – XXSS-0920 – Sour Solera Blend (Fall 2020) BB: 15/01/2021
£13.99Sour Solera™ Blend contains a unique and complex collection of Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and other funky yeast and souring bacteria pulled from an active fermentation.
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Bootleg Biology – Sour Weapon L (Lactobacillus plantarum Blend) BB:16/01/2021
£13.99If you’re looking to drop the pH of wort as quickly and low as possible, Sour Weapon L is your go to Lacto blend.
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Bootleg Biology – Sour Weapon P (Pediococcus pentosaceus Blend) BB: 13/01/2021
£13.99We chose this specific blend because of its ability to sour quickly and cleanly at a range of temperatures, and due to its mild hop tolerance.
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Escarpment Berliner Brett I BB: 06/11/2020
£13.49This strain of Brettanomyces anomalus works well in traditional style Berliners, and anywhere subtle, refined Brett character is desired. It shows restrained funk, and the fruit profile tends toward citrus and white wine.
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Escarpment Fruit Bomb Saison Blend BB: 10/12/2020
£13.49This wild Ontario ale yeast was isolated from an apple in a local orchard. Wild Thing produces distinct clove, spice, and subtle banana and apple fruit aroma. The taste is dry, spicy and clean.
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Escarpment Wild Thing BB: 03/12/2020
£13.49This wild Ontario ale yeast was isolated from an apple in a local orchard. Wild Thing produces distinct clove, spice, and subtle banana and apple fruit aroma. The taste is dry, spicy and clean.
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WHC Funky Pineapple. BB: 30/01/2021
£7.49A very interesting yeast to experiment with. Produces powerful tropical fruit flavours at normal ale temperatures. At higher ale temperatures, it starts to produce funky and saison like aromas with even more aggressive pineapple notes.
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OMEGA Yeast – OYL-201 – Brettanomyces Claussenii BB: 23/01/2021
£9.49The mildest on the Brettanomyces funkiness spectrum, Brettanomyces claussenii presents more of a leathery earthiness and some pineapple—both characteristics that are contributed in large part by the aroma alone. It does its best work as a secondary yeast. See also: Brettanomyces bruxellensis (OYL-202), Brettanomyces lambicus (OYL-203) and three of our Funk blends (OYL-210, 211, 212).
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Wyeast 3191-PC Berliner Weisse Blend BB: 05/02/2021
£8.29This blend includes a German ale strain with low ester formation and a dry, crisp finish. The Lactobacillusincluded produces moderate levels of acidity, and the unique Brettanomyces strain imparts a critical earthy characteristic that is indicative of a true Berliner Weisse.
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Wyeast 3278 Belgian Lambic Blend. BB: 27/02/2021
£8.29This blend contains yeast and bacteria cultures important to the production of spontaneously fermented beers of the Lambic region. Specific proportions of a Belgian style ale strain, a sherry strain, two Brettanomyces strains, a Lactobacillus culture, and a Pediococcus culture produce the desirable flavor components of these beers as they are brewed in Brussels.
