Show Us Your Yeast Bank Fridge

[braufrau]

I've started a yeast slant registry for people willing to share their yeasty-beasties ...

wiki topic

 

[Adr_0]

Some great looking yeast banks there. How has everyone gone with viability? Any autolysis or noticeable mutation?

I'm going to start a yeast bank but was only really thinking of 4-6 yeasts that I use most often, e.g. 1275, 3333, 2000, CBC-1 (bottle conditioning), a Belgian or two.

I was looking at this guide:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/freezing-yeast.html

Though I'm not sure how isopropyl alcohol would go with a styrofoam esky.

EDIT: And if anyone is wondering... yes it is highly appropriate to revive a thread from 2008.

 

[Yob]

wow, didn't know this existed... photo pending B)

 

[Adr_0]

I thought I would thaw the thread and see if it's still viable...

 

[Yob]

About time my horse ran here.. ~210 vials.. er.. ~25-30 strains

 

[Mr B]

Hey Yob - How many cells do you put in each one?

 

[Yob]

10-15ml solids broadly speaking

 

[mofox1]

My turn. 118 vials, 18 different strains.

Mostly 15ml vials now.

 

[Roosterboy]

Taken off the fridge for the photo...

I've got three of these stands (selfmade) full of yeast cultures.


Cheers,

Alex

Well done Alex , are you sub-culturing them onto plates to check for contamination or anything like that? I've just got some sterile tubes
for my future bank. I hope to check for viability, contamination with plates and stains. I'm impressed with everyone on this thread .
This thread is well overdue!