[Sca-cooks] Collecting Yeast from Birch Trees

[Stefan li Rous]

Andrea commented:
> > I rather doubt that the presence of birch
> > trees necessarily is an indicator of teh presence of yeast.
>
> MMMmmm. Sounds like my backyard has some brewing and baking to do.....
Have you brewed using birch sap before? Or are you just talking about 
the possiblities of yeast on the birch trees? If the former, you might 
be interested in the comments on birch beverages in these two files in 
the BEVERAGES section of the Florilegium:
beverages-msg    (109K)  8/30/01    Beverages in general. alcholic 
drinks.
beverages-NA-msg  (80K)  9/ 2/99    Non-alcoholic beverages.
Stefan
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