[THC] Free yeast

[Sean Terrill]

I know that the club is, or at least was, looking for things to do with
membership dues. I'd been meaning to put out there the idea of establishing
a club yeast bank for a while, but never got around to writing the email or
bringing it up at a meeting. I know that some other clubs do this, both as a
service for their members and an additional revenue stream/enticement to pay
dues, and it seems to me that this would be a perfect opportunity for THC to
get started.

I do have a non-frost free freezer that I use for my grains and hops, as
well as several (I think it's 7) strains to add to the bank. So I could
store things for a while if it was needed. But at a minimum I think we
should find a way to keep this from going to waste.

Sean

Quoth stephen baluch (stephenbaluch at yahoo.com) at 20/09/08 23:01:

> THCers,
I have nearly finished my PhD, and have taken a job and am moving in
> December.  I am switching my brewery over to a lambic only brewery and no
> longer need the crazy yeast bank I have made.  So if you have access to a
> non-frost-free freezer, I will give you my yeast bank.  Below is a list of
> what I have.  I do not think this list is complete, but it may be.  Ideally if
> you want this you should have access to a -80 C freezer, as they are all in
> glycerol stocks.  Most of these were jacked from bottles of beer, however all
> are pure (with a few intended exceptions, noted below).  Each were taken into
> a sterile tube and then plated where a single colony isolate was used to
> generate a stock culture and then placed into glycerol.  The taker will also
> be taught my methods if they desire.  I can grow 3 trillion cells in 5 days.
> Yes, I said trillion, that is roughly enough for 50 gallons of 1.050 beer.
> This is perfect for the graduate student or some other lab
 oriented job.  Let
> me know, otherwise I will be disposing of the whole thing in December.

I
> probably should mention that the whole thing is in 1.5 mL eppendorf tubes in
> duplicate, so you are looking at taking two boxes of tubes.  It's really quite
> small.

Vondel (not pure, unknown)
La Binchoise
Fantome (not pure, at least a
> lactobacillus present)
De Blaugies
De Dolle
St. Bernardus
Zoetzuur (not pure,
> unknown)
Monks Café (not pure, unknown)
Duyck
La Chouffe
Champagne (a lavin
> strain)
Pacman (Rogue's strain)
WY1388
Ch¹Ti (a lager yeast of phenomenal
> quality, used in Biere de Garde)
WY Biere de Garde Danish Lager blend, a
> special blend of my own creation for Biere de Garde
WL530
Saison
> Dupont
WYAAII


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