plumsmooth
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Hi There this is my Kefir Beer brewing, bubbling away on the counter...
The basic recipe comes from http://www.traditionaltx.us/KefirBeer.pdf. My first one came out amazing.
No fancy sterilizing techniques. The colony of yeasts and bacteria are specially protective in ways that isolated single yeasts just aren't.
I doubt this batch will be as good, I kind of got stuck wanting to try a heather ale but was afraid to eliminate the hops like the traditional version.
I can not imagine beer brewing being any simpler. I wish some other folks would join this experiment! I have the book "Sacred and Healing Herbal Beers".
I love the idea of a multi yeast and bacteria brew with a simple one malt and hop profile instead of the standard reverse practice of one yeast and multi malt and hop additions!
I want to start experimenting with other Herbal Kefir Beers. The reason I am afraid to brew without hops is that I feel the hops attenuate the alcohol producing yeasts of the kefir colony -- of which I do not know how many or which ones they are?
Would someone be willing to guess rom this list:
Bacteria
Species Lactobacillus
Lb. acidophilus
Lb. brevis [Possibly now Lb. kefiri]
Lb. casei subsp. casei
Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus
Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei
Lb. fermentum
Lb. cellobiosus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis
Lb. fructivorans
Lb. helveticus subsp. lactis
Lb. hilgardii
Lb. helveticus
Lb. kefiri
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens
Lb. parakefiri
Lb. plantarum
Species Streptococcus
St. thermophilus
St. paracitrovorus
Species Lactococcus
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis
Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris
Species Enterococcus
Ent. durans
Species Leuconostoc
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. cremoris
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
Leuc. dextranicum
Yeasts
Dekkera anomala / Brettanomyces anomalus
Kluyveromyces marxianus / Candida kefyr
Pichia fermentans / C. firmetaria
Yarrowia lipolytica / C. lipolytica
Debaryomyces hansenii / C. famata
Deb. [Schwanniomyces] occidentalis
Issatchenkia orientalis / C. krusei
Galactomyces geotrichum / Geotrichum candidum
C. friedrichii
C. rancens
C. tenuis
C. humilis
C. inconspicua
C. maris
Cryptococcus humicolus
Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis
Kluyv. bulgaricus
Kluyv. lodderae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sacc. subsp. torulopsis holmii
Sacc. pastorianus
Sacc. humaticus
Sacc. unisporus
Sacc. exiguus
Sacc. turicensis sp. nov
Torulaspora delbrueckii
Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
Acetobacter
Acetobacter aceti
Acetobacter rasens
:fro:
The basic recipe comes from http://www.traditionaltx.us/KefirBeer.pdf. My first one came out amazing.
No fancy sterilizing techniques. The colony of yeasts and bacteria are specially protective in ways that isolated single yeasts just aren't.
I doubt this batch will be as good, I kind of got stuck wanting to try a heather ale but was afraid to eliminate the hops like the traditional version.
I can not imagine beer brewing being any simpler. I wish some other folks would join this experiment! I have the book "Sacred and Healing Herbal Beers".
I love the idea of a multi yeast and bacteria brew with a simple one malt and hop profile instead of the standard reverse practice of one yeast and multi malt and hop additions!
I want to start experimenting with other Herbal Kefir Beers. The reason I am afraid to brew without hops is that I feel the hops attenuate the alcohol producing yeasts of the kefir colony -- of which I do not know how many or which ones they are?
Would someone be willing to guess rom this list:
Bacteria
Species Lactobacillus
Lb. acidophilus
Lb. brevis [Possibly now Lb. kefiri]
Lb. casei subsp. casei
Lb. casei subsp. rhamnosus
Lb. paracasei subsp. paracasei
Lb. fermentum
Lb. cellobiosus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
Lb. delbrueckii subsp. lactis
Lb. fructivorans
Lb. helveticus subsp. lactis
Lb. hilgardii
Lb. helveticus
Lb. kefiri
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefirgranum
Lb. kefiranofaciens subsp. kefiranofaciens
Lb. parakefiri
Lb. plantarum
Species Streptococcus
St. thermophilus
St. paracitrovorus
Species Lactococcus
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis
Lc. lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis
Lc. lactis subsp. cremoris
Species Enterococcus
Ent. durans
Species Leuconostoc
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. cremoris
Leuc. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides
Leuc. dextranicum
Yeasts
Dekkera anomala / Brettanomyces anomalus
Kluyveromyces marxianus / Candida kefyr
Pichia fermentans / C. firmetaria
Yarrowia lipolytica / C. lipolytica
Debaryomyces hansenii / C. famata
Deb. [Schwanniomyces] occidentalis
Issatchenkia orientalis / C. krusei
Galactomyces geotrichum / Geotrichum candidum
C. friedrichii
C. rancens
C. tenuis
C. humilis
C. inconspicua
C. maris
Cryptococcus humicolus
Kluyveromyces lactis var. lactis
Kluyv. bulgaricus
Kluyv. lodderae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sacc. subsp. torulopsis holmii
Sacc. pastorianus
Sacc. humaticus
Sacc. unisporus
Sacc. exiguus
Sacc. turicensis sp. nov
Torulaspora delbrueckii
Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
Acetobacter
Acetobacter aceti
Acetobacter rasens
:fro: