Cultures¶
Yeast and bacteria for sour and wild beers, isolated from bottle dregs on a kitchen-table bench or banked from commercial packs, with the record of how each one was won.
Start here
- Isolating Organisms: how it is done, step by step, with photos.
- Journeys: one story per bottle, from dregs to banked organism.
- Microscope Atlas: what the cells look like, side by side.
Bank inventory¶
| ID | Name | Slants | Date | Slurry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharomyces | ||||
| WB-BUG-2026-014 | Boon Gueuze - Sacch | 1 | - | |
| WB-BUG-2026-013 | Burning Sky Saison Houblon - Sacch | 2 | 2026-03 | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-010 | Wy3278 Lambic Blend - Sacch | 1 | 2025-08 | |
| WB-BUG-2026-009 | Wy3726 Farmhouse Ale - Sacch | 2 | - | ✓ |
| Brettanomyces | ||||
| WB-BUG-2026-007 | Boon Gueuze - Brett | 2 | 2026-03 | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-012 | Bootleg Biology Funk Weapon #1 - Brett | 1 | 2023-04 | |
| WB-BUG-2026-004 | Burning Sky Saison Provision - Brett | 2 | - | |
| WB-BUG-2026-006 | Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus - Brett | 2 | 2025-08 | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-011 | Holy Goat Shrinebuilder - Brett | 2 | 2026-03 | |
| WB-BUG-2026-008 | WBC Rooting Around - Brett | 2 | 2026-02 | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-001 | WLP645 Claussenii - Brett | 2 | - | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-002 | WLP648 Trois Vrai - Brett | 2 | - | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-003 | Wy5112 Bruxellensis - Brett | 2 | 2026-09 | ✓ |
| WB-BUG-2026-005 | Yonder Loop - Brett | 2 | - | |
| Bacteria | ||||
| - | none held | |||
| Mixed cultures | ||||
| - | none held |