MTF Thread Highlights
This page is a dedicated archive to threads on the MTF Facebook group that we feel stand out and are worth remembering and reviewing. Keep in mind that only group members can view these threads.
General Discussions
A general bucket of funky threads.
| Overview | Thread Starter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Cilurzo's barrel racking technique and discussion. | Jay Bakula | 03/18/2015 |
| Testing different cooling rates for spontaneous fermentation by cooling in an insulated plastic cooler next to a steel kettle with no insulation. | Caleb Buck | 11/24/2015 |
Funky Science Fridays
James Sites might have started Funky Science Friday, but MTF milked it (thanks, James)!
| Overview | Thread Starter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Brettanomyces growth experiment measuring aeration and agitation. See Brettanomyces Propagation Experiment for the wiki write up. | Mark Trent | 10/23/2015 |
| Richard isolates Brettanomyces and Pichia from an 18 year old gueuze. | Richard Preiss | 10/23/2015 |
| Say it with me, Tetrahydropyridine. | Dan Pixley | 10/02/2015 |
| Mark Trent's Back To The Future Machine (a custom vessel that is a boil kettle, fermenter, bottling vessel, bright tank, and sterilizer). | Mark Trent | 09/04/2015 |
| Advice for growing Lacto on plates. | Mark Trent | 09/04/2015 |
| Brett forms a biofilm, which makes it harder to clean. | Mark Trent | 08/07/2015 |
| Richard shows us that refrigerated storage of Brett is better than room temperature storage. See Storing Brett for more information. | Richard Preiss | 0724/2015 |
| Lance Shaner demonstrates why full attenuation and krausen after pitching only a Lacto culture are signs of yeast contamination. | Lance Shaner | 07/21/2015 |
Microbiology and Science
It's not Funky Science Friday, but it's still pretty cool.
| Overview | Thread Starter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Archive of discussions, evaluations, and confirmations of Lance Shaner's discovery that WLP644 Brettanomyces Trois genetically was found to be Saccharomyces. | Dan Pixley | 06/27/2015 |
| Best plates for isolating Brett vs Sacch, and growing LAB. | James Howat | 08/19/2015 |
| Bryan Heit educates about Rhodoturula. | Nathan Gibbon | 06/26/2015 |
| There's a little more to it than just homoefermentative and heterfermentative LAB. | Dan Pixley | 0609/2015 |
| Bryan Heit educates on the complexities and unknowns of Lactobacillus fermentation byproducts. | Josh Newby | 05/24/2015 |
| Bryan Heit and Matt Humbard agree on why we taste "differences" between Pedio and Lacto driven beers. | Amos Browne | 05/14/2015 |
| Discussion on the presence of Brett in the air versus barrels. | Adam Boura | 04/14/2015 |
| The invasion of ancient Norwegian yeast. | Lars Marius Garshol | 03/21/2015 |
Unique Processes
These processes may or may not make good beer, but they get an A+ for creativity!
| Overview | Thread Starter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Runoff through a channel in a pine tree into a barrel used as a coolship. | Michael Detar | 11/20/2015 |
| Amphora discussion and personal Amphora building. | Eccentric Beekeeper | 09/26/2015 |
Brewing Philosophy Discussions
Informed, controversial, opinionated, discussions on sour and funky brewing processes and industry.
| Overview | Thread Starter | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion on whether or not Lambic has to be brewed in Belgium in order to be called "Lambic". | Devin Bell | 02/06/2015 |
| Discussion of why some brewers warn against kettle souring. | Wayne Wambles | 05/11/2015 |
| Discussion of what inspires us to brew funky/mixed fermentation beers. | James Sites | 11/19/2015 |
| A microbiologist view on why using dregs is non-ideal. | Tamir Danon | 10/08/2015 |
| Discussion of lactic acid production with Bryan Heit and Matt Humbard, as well as why you shouldn't use WLP677 and the beginning discussions of why Lacto can't fully attenuate wort on it's own. Also the source of the great Lance Shaner quote, "Agree that maths are hard." | Lyall Anderson | 05/06/2015 |