New Mailer System!
Mailer showing dividing lines, numbering & yeast deposited on spots 1, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 11. Click for larger
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Yeast Wrangling
All posts on culturing, characterising and using yeast and other brewing organisms in your home brewery.
New Video – Freezing Yeast
After 8 long months I have finally completed the next video in my “Your Home Yeast Lab Made Easy” series
Read moreEasy Home Yeast Banking – and a Video!
Wow, two videos in as many weeks – that has to be a new production record for me! This time
Read moreAt long last, a new video!
A frequent question I receive here on my blog, and on other forums, is what microscope I would recommend for
Read moreYeast v Bacteria
I occasionally get e-mails (and forum posts) asking questions about identifying yeast versus bacteria in microscopy images. I’m just posting
Read moreHappiness is a Full Test-Tube Rack
Twenty-six new yeasts for the yeast bank! Thank you fellow yeast farmers. Top: 6 bottle cultures Middle: 14 wild &
Read morePurifying Yeast from Infected Cultures – Part 2
A couple of days ago I put up a post describing the first step in purifying a contaminated yeast culture.
Read morePurifying Yeast from Infected Cultures – Part 1
Mixed Saccharomyces (large ovoid cells) and Brettanomyces (elongated cells) yeast culture contaminated with cocci (top-centre “string”) and rod-shaped bacteria One of
Read moreBREAKING NEWS – White Labs Official Statement on Brett trois.
As the followers of my blog are likely aware, there has been a growing body of evidence that WLP644 (Brettanomyces
Read moreNew Video! Casting Agar Plates
The next video in my “your home yeast lab made easy” video series is finally complete. This video covers the
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