Press

Here’s a roundup of some of the press on Bootleg Biology:

SevenFiftyDaily – “The Secret to Brewing Lagers Without the Wait” – April 18, 2022 –

Atlas Obscura: Gastro Obscura – “Inside the Beer Lab That’s Wrangling Wild Yeasts” – April 14, 2022 – Maggie Gigandet

Craft Beer & Brewing: Brewing Industry Guide – “Under the Microscope: Clean Brewing with Kveik” – Jan 31, 2022 – Don Tse

Brew Your Own Magazine – “Yeast Wrangling” – September 2021 – Jeff Mello

Graining In Podcast – “#108: Jeff Mello | Bootleg Biology” – July 11, 2021 – Noah Bissell & Matt Robinson

In Search of Mycotopia (book) – March 10, 2021 – Doug Bierend

BYO Nano Brew Podcast – “Episode 13 – Brewing Resolutions for a New Year” – January 16, 2021 – John Holl

WineEnthusiast – “For Breweries, House Cultures Are Invisible But Important” – October 22, 2020 – John Holl

The New York Times – “Craft Beer Fans Know Hops. But What About Yeast?” – March 20, 2020 – Joshua M. Bernstein

The New Food Economy – “Notes of ‘horse blanket’ and ‘burnt Band-Aid’: How wild yeasts are bringing offbeat terroir to craft beer” – July 24, 2019 – Doug Bierend

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine – “Wild-Fruit Beers” – October/November 2018 – John Holl

Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint (book) – September 4, 2018 – John Holl

Zymurgy – “The Place of Brewing: Going Wild with the Great Brettanomyces Megablend” – Vol 41, No. 4: July/August 2018 – Emma Inch

Homebrew World (book) – April 17, 2018 – Joshua M. Bernstein

The Growler Magazine – “Bug Hunters: Bootleg Biology is collecting and cataloging the world’s wild yeast” – June 26, 2017 – Louis Garcia

Orange County Register – “The most hyper-local beer in the world uses yeast from your backyard” – May 24, 2017 – Lauren Williams

Longmont Times-Call – “Pondering the Pint: Local yeast wrangling” – May 17, 2017 – Cyril Vidergar

All About Beer Magazine – “The Future of Beer Ingredients: Yeast” – March 2017 – Stan Heironymus

Brewing Local (book) – October 7, 2016 – Stan Heironymus

Craft Beer & Brewing – “Naturally A Bit Wild” – September 23, 2016

Craft Commander – “Jeff Mello – Bootleg Biology” – August 22, 2016

Nashville Scene – “With Yeast Expertise, Bootleg Biology Helps Advance the Local Beer Scene” – March 29, 2016 – Chris Chamberlain

Tennessee Craft Beer Magazine – “Ferment Local” – Issue #16, Winter 2016 – Kendall Joseph

Fermentation Nation – “Episode #20 Bootleg Biology and Brew Bracket” – August 17, 2015

Mid-Atlantic Brewing News – “Stalking The Wild Yeast” – February/March 2015 – Elizabeth Hartman

CRAFT by Under My Host® – “Yeast: A story of Alcohol, Flavor, and a Triceratops Riding a Lawnmower” – No. 3: Preservation & Hibernation – Colin Joliat

DRAFT Magazine – “Counter culture: The weird science of Jeff Mello” – November/December 2014 – Joshua M. Bernstein

Daily News Journal – “Brewer looks to T. rex fossil for wild yeast” – August 15, 2014 – Michelle Willard

Fuhmentaboudit – “Episode 82 – The Yeast Wrangler” – July 21, 2014 – Mary Izett & Chris Cuzme

Epicurious – “Bootleg Biology’s “Chief Yeast Wrangler” Talks Delicious Science” – July 21, 2014 – Joanne Camas

American Sour Beers (book) – July 7, 2014 – Michael Tonsmeire

Craft Beer & Brewing – “Yeast Wrangling for Homebrewers” – May 8, 2014 – Heather Vandenengel

No Call No Show Podcast – “AHA Rally 2013″ – Episode 97

Mid-Atlantic Brewing News – “DIY” – October/November 2013 – Greg Kitsock

WTOP – “The State of Beer: Homebrewing and craft beer through a local lens” – September 24, 2013 – Rob Fink

BeerAdvocate – “Yeast Ranching: Wrangling Wild Yeast and Other Microorganisms, Off The Grid” – August 2013 – Aleszu Bajak

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