Yeast bank

Propagation of yeast cultures in incubators

A yeast bank is a company or institution that stores, propagates and distributes commercially usable yeasts for brewers , bakers , winemakers and other uses. While large breweries often operate their own yeast banks, smaller breweries only have the option of a yeast bank. For safety reasons, however, large breweries store their own varieties in yeast banks.

In addition to many small yeast banks, there are four large yeast banks in Germany:

• Yeast bank Weihenstephan, Au in der Hallertau
• Weihenstephan research center for brewing and food quality ; Freising
• Doemens , Graefelfing
• Experimental and educational institute for brewery (VLB); Berlin

See also

• Pure yeast
• Biobank

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Oliver Wesseloh and Julia Wesseloh (2015) Living beer: The new brewing culture ; Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, 2015; ISBN 9783644549517 .
2. ↑ Ludwig Narziss , Werner Back and Markus Herrmann; Brewing biotechnology ; Report at the Munich Science Days 2004.
3. ↑ Hefebank on Magie-Bräu Lexikon ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on January 24, 2016. 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Rosmarie Rittmann; This is where the treasures of German brewers are stored on www.welt.de from October 27, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Tobias Wagenhäuser; The right thing for every type of beer ; on www.sueddeutsche.de from February 19, 2016.