Empty yeast vials

[jtd_419]

Just starting to culture yeasts and would love empty vials to store them in.

 

[smooth]

The White labs vials are soda bottle pre-forms.

With a good internet search you might find them cheap.

Here is one place that has them in small quantities:

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/products/lab-supplies/baby-soda-bottles-giant-test-tubes.html

 

[jtd_419]

Thanks, I had been looking at them on amazon and you only get five or six for the price that site has for 15

 

[jtd_419]

That's why they are so low, $16 to ship 15 tubes

 

[cmoewes]

You can try here

http://www.teachersource.com/product/preforms-and-caps

30 for $19 and I quick calculated shipping to MN and it was $8

I used to geocache a lot and people use these to make caches.

 

[jtd_419]

That looks like the way to go, thanks

 

[cmoewes]

So when you say "culture yeast" do you mean randomly collect samples from the environment and see what you get? Or more keeping cultures from your commercial yeasts so you don't have to buy slap-pack/vials at some point?

I'm brewing often enough (the same recipes) that I have started about washing yeast, or keeping a starter of a couple strains I use and wanted to get an idea of what that's gonna entail.

 

[jtd_419]

Keeping cultures for now might try to culture wild yeast eventually but I wanted to start out just keeping them alive first

 

[hunter_le five]

So when you say "culture yeast" do you mean randomly collect samples from the environment and see what you get? Or more keeping cultures from your commercial yeasts so you don't have to buy slap-pack/vials at some point?

I culture my yeast by taking them out them to experience the arts. WLP022 really enjoyed the performance of Carmen at the opera house last weekend.

 

[bestbuds]

You should really be using containers that are either sterile from the manufacturer, or autoclavable. Thankfully disposable sterile tubes are even cheaper than soda blanks:
http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_trks..._nkw=50ml+centrifuge+tubes&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Of course, mason jars sterilized in a pressure cooker will also do the trick.

Happy yeast ranching!

 

[aryoung1980]

I buy White Labs yeast for the sole purpose of reusing their tubes. Plus it makes really good beer.


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