LAB SUPPLIES GUIDE

A comprehensive list of affordable lab supplies.
Basic brewery labs cost less than $1000 to set up!
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media & reagents price supplier phone catalog #
agar $45/500g Cynmar (800) 223-3517 CIM-89103
alcohol, 70% isopropyl $1/32oz Walgreens NA NA
catalase reagent (3) $3 Walgreens NA NA
gram stain kit $16 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 130-21312
immersion oil $3 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 013-02174
media, brewing bacteria $170/500g Crosby & Baker (800) 999-2440 SDA
media, prepared $5/each The Brewing-Science Institute (719) 460-0418 NA
media, wild yeast $115/220g Crosby & Baker (800) 999-2440 LWYM
methylene blue, 1% $4/120ml Cynmar (800) 223-3517 CHM-84211
nystatin $87/25mill units Sigma (800) 325-3010 N3503
oxidase test $112/75 VWR (800) 932-5000 BB4331746
equipment price supplier phone catalog #
anaerobic packs (2) $18/10 VWR (800) 932-5000 BB70304
balance, triple-beam $139 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 OHC-06003
filter apparatus $66 Fisher Scientific (800) 766-7000 09-740-23A
filters, 0.45-micron, sterile $49/100 VWR (800) 932-5000 28297-732
flask, 500-ml $17/6 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 115-33097
hemacytometer $50 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 012-00123
hot plate $18 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 ATM-50117
incubator (1) $12 Walgreens (800) 223-3517 ALL-49812
inoculating loop $1 Cynmar NA NA
microscope, new $260 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 CSH-48063
microscope, rebuilt $300-$500 Scientific Service (210) 695-2547 NA
pH meter, portable $32 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 MHA-52301
pH buffer, 4.01 $7 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 MHA-52624
pH buffer, 7.01 $7 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 MHA-52627
pH buffer, 10.01 $7 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 MHA-52629
pH electrode storage solution $7 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 MHA-52631
pH electrode cleaner solution $7 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 MHA-52661
petri dishes, disposable $10/100 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 150-23318
petri dishes, reusable $16/12 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 150-23338
pipets, disposable $4/10 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 132-34420
pipets, reusable $3 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 115-20599
pipet bulb $3 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 150-24595
propane torch $12 hardware store NA NA
slides, glass $4/72 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 130-21101
spray bottles $1 Walgreens NA NA
swabs, sterile $7/200 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 HUM-13917
sample bottles, reusable  $10/10 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 150-24020
vacuum pump, hand $16 Cynmar (800) 223-3517 VAC-54176

(1) electric baby-wipes warmer
(2) use with a large glass jar with a tight-fitting lid  instead of a commercial anaerobic chamber
(3) 3% hydrogen peroxide