Hill Farmstead yeast harvesting

Does anyone know for sure if Hill Farmstead bottle conditions with their primary yeast strain? I’m mainly wondering about their tart Saisons like Arthur, Anna and Brother Soigne... I have a couple of these bottles and was thinking of building up a culture. I know it’s probably mixed with bacteria as well, but it might be a fun experiment.

Email Hill Farmstead and ask?

there are so many conflicting informations out there on this. Some people say pre 2013 bottles were conditioned w/ brett...after there were things put in place to eliminate people harvesting dregs, etc.

I really don’t know who to believe any more but ask Shaun and maybe he’ll set things straight.

I know for a fact that old bottles of Arthur have a mixed culture in them.

Source: I’ve isolated multiple strains from an old bottle of Arthur

Originally posted by AdamJackson
there are so many conflicting informations out there on this. Some people say pre 2013 bottles were conditioned w/ brett...after there were things put in place to eliminate people harvesting dregs

I also know that he switched to a wine yeast for higher abv dark beers due in part to carbonation issues with Birth of Tragedy. Im not sure what he has done with the saisons/wilds.

...here we go again, so many different ’rumors’ :) :)

info@hillfarmstead.com

that’s my recommendation on this. Please report back what you hear.



I can understand why some of these things may be true. 2012-2013, it was getting really bad. I had people emailing me asking to setup dregs trades. "i’ll send you $20 for a baggie of Anna Dregs" i thought it was so weird..why don’t they just want the bottle of beer for $10?

Ajax-Seems like you are contributing to the rumors as much as anyone else. Again, I can say with certainty that early bottles of Arthur (Batch 1) had mixed cultures in them. Not rumor. Fact.

Admittedly, I have no idea if the cultures I pulled out of those bottles were what Arthur was fermented with, aged with, conditioned with, etc. I’m only reporting what I know rather than contributing to rumors.

Thanks for the email Adam. I’ll give it a shot and report back.

I find it interesting how varied the reaction is from different brewers regarding "protecting" their strains. Some, like Sante Adairius, encourage culturing right on the label (Bernice), others, like Alchemist, are fiercely protective, although apparently you can now buy Heady knock-offs at a number of outlets.

Originally posted by bytemesis
I find it interesting how varied the reaction is from different brewers regarding "protecting" their strains. Some, like Sante Adairius, encourage culturing right on the label (Bernice), others, like Alchemist, are fiercely protective, although apparently you can now buy Heady knock-offs at a number of outlets.

Just sent the email.... We’ll see what happens.