· James Torr · Personal · 1 min read
Me and my main dude Totoro (top left) waiting on 10 litres of unfermented wort (bottom right, plastic bin) to catch a few microbugs from the air. My first attempt at 100% spontaneous. This went into glass and started fermenting after 6 days or so. You’d expect a normal fermentation to begin after 12-24hrs.
One of the downsides to owning a cat is occasionally this. Fortunately, it's pretty infrequent. This baby wood mouse was a tiny little thing, and still alive, no visible breakages. I wasn't sure what to do, as it was still suckling, and eyes were closed. This would mean feeding every two hours or so, which left me in a bit of a pickle.
Totoro dude, you comfortable in there? Not like you have no other boxes to sleep in.
Kiki aka Princess fluffikins yesterday at the height of her Winter coat. Troppo fluffy!
Cats not really helping much with my faux-gruit. 1.050, 15 IBUs Magnum hops (just in case of LAB infection), Muri kveik due to be pitched when down to 32C. 80% pale, 8% aromatic, 8% wheat, 4% carabelge. List of herbs: mugwort, mint, tansy, wild carrot seeds, salad burnet, lovage, wild marjoram, feverfew. All taken from the garden or foraged locally all pretty easy to find in the UK.