This is a list of the current contents of the yeast bank I'm maintaining. It is mostly a reference for fellow club members. The strain origins are taken from Kristen England's yeast comparison chart hosted at mrmalty.com

Lager

German

S34/70

• origin: pack of fermentis S34/70 dry yeast
• first cultured: September 2008
• storage: slant culture
• strain origin: W34/70, (based in name), most commonly used yeast in German lager brewing
• notes: Fermentis data sheet for S34/70

WY2042

• origin: yeast samples given to me by a fellow home brewer
• first cultured: April 2008
• storage: slant culture
• strain origin: Miller via Carlsberg
• notes: Wyeast strain description WY2042 - Danisch Lager

American

WY2007

• origin: Activator pack
• first cultured: April 2007
• storage: slant culture
• strain origin: Budweiser, Anheuser Bush. I'm fairly confident that this is the AB strain after seeing a paper from Charlie Bamforth that used this strain (WY2007). He seems to be doing a lot of work with and for AB.
• notes: Wyeast strain description: WY2007 - Pilsen Lager

Ale (other than Belgian or Weissbier)

German

WY1007

• origin: Activator Pack
• first cultured: December 2006
• storage: slant and stab culture
• strain origin: Zum Uerige, Altbier brewery in Duesseldorf (Germany).
• notes: Wyeast strain description: WY1007 - German Ale

British

WLP002

• origin: White Labs vial
• first cultured: 0ctober 2008
• storage: slant and stab culture
• strain origin: Fullers
• notes: White Labs description: WLP002

American

Weissbier (other than Ale or Belgian)

WLP300

• origin: 6 month old While Labs vial
• first cultured: February 2007
• storage: slant and stab culture
• strain origin: yeast bank Weihenstephan: W68
• notes: White Labs description: WLP300

WY3068

• origin: activator pack
• first cultured: May 2008
• storage: slant culture
• strain origin: yeast bank Weihenstephan: W68, the most popular Weissbier yeast in Germany
• notes: Wyeast's description WY3068 - Weihenstephan Weizen.

WY3056

• origin: Activator Pack
• first cultured: September 2007
• storage: slant culture
• strain origin: blend of yeast strains
• notes: Wyeast's description WY3056 - Bavarian Wheat Blend, Note that the origin of this strain was a blend, but since a single cell has been isolated the yeast strain in the yeast bank can be any of the strains in that blend.

Belgian (other than Weissbier or Ale)

other bugs