Disclaimer¶
Wild Brewing is the personal notebook of a single amateur brewer. It records experiments with sour, wild and mixed-fermentation beers, culture isolation, and ingredient processing. It is shared in case it is useful to someone else. It is not professional, scientific or safety advice.
In simple words ... Just don't!
No warranty¶
Everything on this site is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. That includes accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose and safety. Measurements come from home equipment that is not calibrated or validated. Methods are experimental and may be wrong, incomplete or superseded. Content is drafted and formatted with the help of AI tools and (sometimes) reviewed by the author, but errors may (will) remain. It is probably all wrong, but delivered with confidence.
Use at your own risk¶
If you choose to follow, adapt or build on anything here, you do so entirely at your own risk and are responsible for your own safety, the safety of others, and compliance with the laws that apply to you. In particular:
- Microorganisms. Cultures isolated from bottles, fruit or the environment are not guaranteed to be safe or what they appear to be. Identification here is usually presumptive (appearance and microscopy), not confirmed. Use good aseptic technique, keep culture work away from food preparation, and dispose of cultures responsibly.
- Pressure. Refermenting, wild and mixed-fermentation beers can over-attenuate and over-carbonate long after bottling. Bottles can burst. Use suitable bottles, monitor gravity, and wear eye protection when handling beers of uncertain carbonation.
- Chemicals and lab reagents. Some protocols involve acids, chemical compounds, selective agents, cleaning chemicals, some of which are harmful. Read and follow the supplier's safety data sheet, use appropriate protective equipment, and never exceed the doses or conditions given by the supplier or by applicable regulations.
- Heat. Boiling, toasting and Maillard-reaction procedures involve very high temperatures and risk of burns and fire.
- Consumption. Beers made with uncharacterised cultures or experimental processes, uncommon ingredients, are consumed at your own risk. Drink responsibly, and, boys, don't drink and drive please. Drink only where you are legally allowed to.
Limitation of liability¶
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the author accepts no liability for any loss, damage, injury or cost arising from the use of, or reliance on, anything on this site or anything downloaded from it (including published skills). Nothing here limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
Third-party names¶
Beer, brewery, product and supplier names are used only to identify the source of a sample or ingredient. They do not imply any affiliation, endorsement or claim about a producer's own cultures or processes. Trademarks belong to their owners.
Licence¶
Unless stated otherwise, the content and downloadable skills on this site are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0 Universal. You may copy, modify and use them for any purpose without asking or giving credit. CC0 includes its own disclaimer of warranties and liability.
Contact¶
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