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===Safety===
An often asked question when it comes to tasting beer fermented from a wild culture that wasn't plated and isolated is, "When is it safe to drink?" To our knowledge, no studies have shown when a wild -caught beer is scientifically ~99.9% safe to drink. However, several studies can give us some guidance on this, as well as [http://suigenerisbrewing.blogspot.com/ Dr. Bryan Heit from Sui Generis Blog].
* The addition of hops in the starter wort will inhibit or kill some Gram-positive bacteria pathogens (''L. monocytogenes'' and ''S. aureus'') <ref name="Menz1">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22004814 Growth and survival of foodborne pathogens in beer. Menz G., Aldred P, Vriesekoop F . Oct 2011.]</ref><ref name="BryanMTF">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1104757552885791/?comment_id=1105118642849682&offset=0&total_comments=15&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Conversation with Bryan of Sui Generis Blog on MTF regarding when it is safe to taste wild beer. 7/6/2015.]</ref>.