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Offline Kaiser

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More giant yeast colonies
« on: February 06, 2011, 08:41:05 am »
I took pictures of a few other giant yeast colonies that I grew a while back. Those pics have been added to the list of our club's yeast bank:

http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php/Yeast_Bank_contents

WY3068 grew the colony that looked most interesting:



If you don't know what this is about, check out my earlier post on this: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=5365.0

Kai

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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2011, 08:43:04 am »
Thanks Kai for posting this.

I like giant colony information but some how missed it on your site.

Excellent!

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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2011, 04:25:54 pm »
Kai, does that hole in the colony correspond to a bubble in the agar?  It looks like there's a depression right there.
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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2011, 05:27:32 pm »
There was a bubble in the agar.

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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2011, 06:19:21 pm »
edited......OK, I'll behave now....

And to add a serious note:

The yeast bank you maintain, how do you keep all the strains alive? Right now I am rolling a 1056 into a new batch the moment I rack it, so there is no storage issue. But, there a re a few beers I would like to be brewing a few times a year.... Other than getting fresh, which way do I need to start thinking?
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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2011, 07:00:16 pm »
Impressive collection of colonies. How are you storing the colonies now?
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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2011, 07:01:48 pm »
The yeast bank you maintain, how do you keep all the strains alive? Right now I am rolling a 1056 into a new batch the moment I rack it, so there is no storage issue. But, there a re a few beers I would like to be brewing a few times a year.... Other than getting fresh, which way do I need to start thinking?

Store your yeast on slants.  I just resurrected some Wyeast 1084 off of a slant made in November of 2009.
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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2011, 08:57:53 pm »
The yeast bank you maintain, how do you keep all the strains alive?

I keep my yeasts on slants and re-culture them every 6-10 months.

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Impressive collection of colonies. How are you storing the colonies now?

They are still on the top of the fridge and I'll discard them at some point since they have no practical use other then looking at them.

Kai



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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2011, 09:02:01 pm »
There was a bubble in the agar.
Ok, I was trying to figure out that growth pattern, I haven't seen it before and it's not like you get with mutations. :)
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Re: More giant yeast colonies
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2011, 10:21:55 pm »
I think Bill Cosby could have some fun with this thread.
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