Craft brewing case study: Omega Yeast Omega Yeast was founded in 2013 with the goal of providing reliable, made to order yeast and bacterial pitches for professional and home brewers all over the world. They work with breweries large and small to offer advice for strain selection and troubleshooting. What is your current procedure regarding quality testing of your yeast? Quality analysis of our cultures comprises a range of testing including microbiological growth/plating, cell counting with hemocytometer, cell mass by percent solids, PCR for potential spoilage organisms, pH and apparent extract. We also measure pH, apparent extract, FAN and BUs in our batches of propagation medium (i.e., wort!). The pieces of equipment we use most often in the quality lab are our density

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