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Adventures in Yeast Wrangling Yeast Wrangling 

Purifying Yeast from Infected Cultures – Part 1

May 5, 2015September 15, 2017 Bryan 13 Comments bacteria, contamination, yeast isolation

Mixed Saccharomyces (large ovoid cells) and Brettanomyces (elongated cells) yeast culture contaminated with cocci (top-centre “string”) and rod-shaped bacteria One of

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Adventures in Yeast Wrangling All Brett Yeast Wrangling 

BREAKING NEWS – White Labs Official Statement on Brett trois.

April 10, 2015September 15, 2017 Bryan 1 Comment brettanomyces, contamination, white labs

As the followers of my blog are likely aware, there has been a growing body of evidence that WLP644 (Brettanomyces

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Adventures in Yeast Wrangling Yeast Wrangling 

One mystery solved…

September 11, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 3 Comments bacteria, contamination

As I mentioned yesterday I recently developed a persistent infection of part of my brewing setup. Thee batches that passed through

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Homebrewing Random 

If at first you don’t succeed, throw everything out and try again!

September 10, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 6 Comments brewing issues, contamination

Its been another bad day – beginning a few months ago with my first dumper in 7 years, due, I

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Homebrewing Random 

The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

July 16, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 1 Comment brewing issues, contamination

Instead of weeping when a tragedy  occurs in a songbird’s life, it sings  away its grief. I believe we could 

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Brewing Science Fact or Fiction? 

Fact or Fiction? Can Pathogens Survive in Beer?

February 18, 2014September 15, 2017 Bryan 10 Comments brewing issues, contamination, pathogens

My blogging has been not overly great in 2014 – between illness, an unseasonably cold winter and an unusually busy

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