Brewing Wild – A Talk to the Jersey City Brew Club
It has been a long time, but I’ve finally put together a new YouTube video – Brewing Wild, A Talk to
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Yeast Wrangling
All posts on culturing, characterising and using yeast and other brewing organisms in your home brewery.
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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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
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