[THC] Free yeast

[stephen baluch]

Speed is not necessary, take all the time you need to get set up, I am not leaving until Dec.  And in reality my lab doesn't need the space. 



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--- On Sat, 9/20/08, Sean Terrill <sterrill at purdue.edu> wrote:

> From: Sean Terrill <sterrill at purdue.edu>
> Subject: Re: [THC] Free yeast
> To: "THC" <thc at lafinlarry.net>
> Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008, 11:44 PM
> 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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> only a tool, but it's
> > the best tool we have, self-correcting, ever changing,
> applicable to
> > everything.  - Carl Sagan
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> 
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