Starting in the lab

We did an introduction to laboratory basics after a short lecture on some great information on the array of small organisms that can and can’t affect your beer.

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After actually moving into the lab, we plated our fingers before and after washing them. Half the class washed with soap the other water.

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Then we learned to use a microscope.

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and we put a yeast on a slide.

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Here is a capture with my iPhone of the yeast.

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Cool so far.