Lab Services

  • Viability

    Thinking about stepping up your re-pitch game? Want to start a Re-Pitch Program? We can help with on-site viability checks. If the yeast isn't quite ready, we can propagate it up to get the pitch where it needs to be.

    $50 / check

    $30 / bbl for prop

  • Banking

    Want to preserve a house strain? Give it to us and we'll make sure you have that strain as long as you want it and whenever you want it.
    Per strain:
    $10 / month
    $100 / year

  • Foreign Beer Strain Extraction

    Travel somewhere cool and bring some beer back with you? Don't want to drink it because you don’t want to lose it? Let us extract that strain for you and say hello to your new house strain!
    $100 / beer

  • Water/Beer Analysis

    Southwest Yeast Lab is your very own TTB certified lab in your neighborhood! Need 1 day turnaround testing for your ABV? We can analyze your beer’s ABV, extract, gravity, calories, and density . Also stay in the know with regular water analysis. Test the mineral content/quality of your water with us anytime.

    $35 / sample
    $50 / sample (same day)

    Full analysis (water+beer)
    $50 / pair

  • Contamination Sweep

    We offer on-site equipment contamination checks and beer analysis Q&A. Many things can go wrong when brewing but we want to eliminate the uncertainty of contamination from wild yeast and bacteria.

    $100 / sample (swab/beer)