Lab

…and if so, does it matter?

Gram staining and catalase testing are lab tools that when considered together help you assess what threat a contaminant might pose. It’s not what each test tests for that’s the point really, it’s more about identifying characteristics that differentiate groups of bacteria, so you know what you’re likely to be dealing with.

This improved recipe for LCSM, developed by Omega Yeast’s researchers, covers gaps you may not have been aware existed with standard commercial LCSM.

Here are two real life examples of tricky results from diastatic yeast contamination testing that threw brewers for a loop. One was a pretty expensive lesson. If you read it here, maybe it will never happen to you.

Get a better grip on diastatic yeast to improve your protection from a potentially devastating cross-contamination.

Know when to take the counts and what to do with that information.

Media that gives a snapshot of actual diastatic activity covers gaps in current testing and adds more insight to diastatic cross-contamination screening. This is something new from Omega Yeast researchers.

Measuring pH is important, but perhaps it doesn’t tell the whole story.

Now there’s no reason not to dial in your processes.