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[[File:Historical Brewing Techniques.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/historical-tech/ The book "Historical Brewing Techniques" by Lars Marius Garshol.]]]
Although '''landrace''' is a term used in many areas, this page will be using it as descriptors of a yeast or mixed culture that derives from a traditional farmhouse/landrace brewing cultures from around the world (note that kveik, while considered "landrace" yeast, is split off onto its [[Kveik|own page]] for wiki management purposes). This term was first used to describe yeast by [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02137/full Tyrawa et al. (2018)] to describe traditional Norwegian kveik yeast <ref name="Tyrawa_2017">[https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02137/full Traditional Norwegian Kveik Are a Genetically Distinct Group of Domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae Brewing Yeasts. Richard Preiss, Caroline Tyrawa, George van der Merwe, Kristoffer Krogerus, Lars Marius Garshol. 2018.]</ref>, and to distinguish them from Saison yeast, which are also sometimes referred to as "farmhouse yeast" <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/2389386811089519/?comment_id=2392766720751528&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Richard Preiss. Milk The Funk Facebook thread on the various definitions of the term "landrace". 11/30/2018.]</ref>. The exact definition of the word "landrace" is debated in the Plant Sciences, and is therefore outside the scope of this wiki <ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5296298 Toward an Evolved Concept of Landrace. Francesc Casañas, Joan Simó, Joan Casals, and Jaime Prohens. 2017.]</ref>. The original owners of these yeasts pitch them at a wide variety of temperatures depending on the culture, anywhere from 5°C up to 40°C, but the majority being pitched at around body temperature. Some Finnish farmhouse brewers reported pitching their yeast at cooler temperatures (5-15°C). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03610470.2020.1805699 Garshol (2020)] reported 5 types of farmhouse yeasts that have been collected as of 2020: * '[[Kveik]]', a group of 35 domesticated yeast cultures from western Norway that form a subgroup of the Beer 1 genetic group of brewers yeast. They are non-phenolic and non-diastatic, and ferment quickly at high temperatures without producing typical off-flavors.
* 'Gong', a group of 3 cultures from the Hallingdal valley located in Eastern Norway.
* 'Berm', a group of 2 cultures fromm Tinn country in Telemark, Eastern Norway.
* Three cultures from Chuvash Republic in Russia <ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03610470.2020.1805699 Pitch Temperatures in Traditional Farmhouse Brewing. Lars Marius Garshol. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. August 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610470.2020.1805699.]</ref>.
The term "landrace" should not be equated to "kveik". Kveik has been suggested to be a subtype of landrace yeast, but "kveik" is a term used specifically for Norwegian farmhouse brewing yeast and mixed cultures. More information on Norwegian kveik can be found on the [[Kveik|Kveik]] page. for more information, see also [https://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/420.html "Farmhouse yeast: what do we know?"] by Lars Marius Garshol.
==Commercial Availability==
| Simonaitis || [http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/farmhouse/kveik.html#kv32 16] || [[Propagate Lab]] || MIP-346 || Potentially the original, unpurified culture. This culture does contain Lactobacillus and will contribute some acidity <ref name="propagate" />.
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| Simonaitis || [http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/farmhouse/kveik.html#kv32 16] || [[Escarpment Laboratories]] || September 2020: Simonaitis / Simonaitis + Lact || Offered as the single isolate without bacteria, and the single isolate with a ''Lactobacillus'' strain from the original culture. The ''Lactobacillus'' strain is hop sensitive. Potentially a one-time release under the lab's monthly "Kveik Ring" kveik release<ref name="escarpment_kveik_special">[https://www.escarpmentlabs.com/thekveikring Escarpment Labs website, 09/10/2019. Retrieved 09/10/2019.]</ref>.
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| Jovaru || [http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/farmhouse/kveik.html#kv32 32] || [[Omega Yeast Labs]] || Jovaru™ || This strain tests positive for the STA1 gene, an indicator of [[Saccharomyces#Diastatic_strains_of_Saccharomyces_cerevisiae|a diastatic strain of ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'']]. This strain may have the ability to metabolize dextrins over time, resulting in higher than expected attenuation. JOVARU™ is an ALDONA UDRIENĖ™ yeast strain that originates from the famous JOVARU™ Brewery that has been in operation since the mid-19th century <ref>[https://omegayeast.com/yeast/lithuanian-ales/jovaru-lithuanian-farmhouse Jovaru Lithuanian Farmhouse Yeast. Omeaga Yeast Labs website. Retrieved 05/16/2019.]</ref>. A portion of the revenue from this culture is given to Aldona Udriene.
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| Rima || [http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/farmhouse/kveik.html#kv40 40] || [[Propagate Lab]] || MIP-351 ||
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| Kolnasāta || [https://www.garshol.priv.no/download/farmhouse/kveik.html#kv45 45] || [[Escarpment Laboratories]] || September 2022 KOLNASĀTA || Potentially a one-0time release for their "Kveik Ring" series (this yeast is not considered to be kveik). See [https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-Qhf4OvWb/ Escarpment Labs Instagram].
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===Additional Articles on MTF Wiki===
* [[Kveik]]
* [[Regional Styles]]
* [[Raw Ale]]
===External Resources===
* [http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/358.html Traditional farmhouse brewer], [http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/362.html maltster], and [http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/363.html Gotlandsdricke] from Gotland.
* [http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/394.html "How to Brew Keptinis", a Lithuanian style of farmhouse ale using baked bread our of mash grains.] See also this [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/2319796291381905/ MTF thread] on experiences of MTF members brewing this style of beer.
* [https://beoirfest.com/lithuanianfarmhousebeer Beoirfest presentation by Lars Marius Garshol on Lithuanian farmhouse brewing.]
==References==