About Us
Be Fresh
We produce fresh, high quality, pitch-ready liquid yeast for brewers. Located in Chicago and St. Louis, our microbiologists, homebrewers, professional brew staff, and craft beer fans are dedicated to making brewing easier and better for everyone.
Be Curious
Our proprietary propagation methods generate fresh, metabolically strong yeast cells and optimal biomass. We believe in experimentation, innovation, and questioning the status quo, which is why we devote so much time to understanding the complicated variables modern brewers face, and developing yeast strains and fermentation aids to help solve for them.
Be Helpful
As much as we love our yeast, we’re just as proud of our people and service. We promise to make it easy on you to focus on brewing because we’re always here for you. Check out our resources or email us any questions anytime. We love hearing from you.
Lance Shaner + Mark Schwarz
Founders
The Omega lacto blend (OYL-605) worked exactly as advertised, and sourced 20 bbl’s of un-hopped wort overnight to a pH of 3.4. We’re very happy with the results, and will be using it again.
Omega has become a force in yeast supply for the craft brewing industry. Their offering reflects the needs of brewers in these dynamic and creative times. Also, when it comes to customer service, Lance and his team feel more like a partner than merely a yeast supplier.
Omega Yeast has always been very responsive and helpful with any of our questions and is consistently selling clean and reliable yeast. They’re a great partner to have!
Omega is a fantastic yeast company and has become the sole provider for our brewery. With a wide range of top quality yeast, price, quick shipping and the best customer support we have received from any other company, we believe Omega is a vital part to our growth.
Not only is Omega at the forefront of innovation in yeast, but Lance, Mark, and team are extremely dedicated to providing customer service of the utmost quality. There seems to be a strong relationship between trends in craft beer and new products coming from Omega, be it with the use of their Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, or Lactobacillus strains.
Our Crew
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Lance Shaner
Head of Chicago Plant Operations
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Mark Schwarz
Business Development Director
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Laura Burns
Director of Research & Development
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Katriona Elmer
Director of Operations
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Gregor Brower
Director of Sales/Director of Quality
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Adi Hastings
Orders Specialist
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Allison Lange
Molecular Biologist
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Richard Ibarra
Lab Manager
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Keith Lacy
Research Scientist
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Matt Glazier
Analytical Services and Regulatory Compliance
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Bianca Alley
Orders and Process Coordinator
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Nick Greska
Brewer
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Danielle Sommer
Editor-in-Chief of Top Crop
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Chris Bernardo
Innovation Brewer
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Haley Ogden
Digital Marketing Specialist
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Brett Koenig
Director of Technology
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Alex Lanigan
Distribution Manager
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Alex Smith
Quality Lab Technician
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Stephen Volkert
Production Manager
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Lisa Beck
Project Manager
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Bill McFarland
Project Manager
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Michael Schillinger
Lab Technician
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Benjamin Augsburger
Assistant Lab Manager
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Francisco Arreguin
Shipping Technician
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Melissa Hernandez
Assistant Packaging Manager
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Ricardo Herrera
Shipping Technician
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Maryhelen Harper
Homebrew Technician
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Stuart MacFadyen
Lab Technician
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Shannon Rhodes
Operations Administrator
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Michael Theune
Production and Packaging Technician
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Dexter Stevens
Brand Designer
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Alex Aviles
Packaging Manager
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Zachariah Parker
Production and Packaging Technician
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Jacob Meza
Production and Packaging Technician
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Nick Argoudelis
Assistant Production Manager
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Nelly Gonzalez
Human Resources Manager
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Kaitlin Morse
Molecular Biologist
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Juan Favela
Brewer
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Jerald Cizmadja
Brewer
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Vladimir Valchev
Quality Lab Technician
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Sean Squire
Quality Control Manager
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Anthony Flores
Plant Controller
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Nicholas Sovronec
Production Lab Technician
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Marcus Steele
Stationary Engineer/Maintenance Technician
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Matt Riel
Packaging Technician
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Now Hiring: Maintenance Specialist/Stationary Engineer
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