Accessing Omega Yeast’s Engineered strains

How the new Terms of Use works and what it means for you.
Omega Yeast’s Engineered strains provides options for brewers to make their jobs easier and to unlock new experiences. Each strain is the result of a continuous pipeline of R&D. To continue building out the Engineered series, we’ve implemented Terms of Use for these strains, with a licensing option to allow breweries to propagate and step up strains in-house.

This provides brewers with the tools to brew better, and it allows us to expand our R&D pipeline to keep things fresh, healthy, and unique.

How it works

One agreement. Unlimited innovation.
All breweries must sign the Terms of Use to order Engineered strains from Omega Yeast.

If you are just using our Classic strains, this does not apply. Carry on.

The good news.
Your reporting and fee obligations depend entirely on the pitch sizes you order. Breweries can avoid all reporting and licensing fees by ordering full brewhouse batch size pitches.

The key question: Are you propping in-house and/or stepping up smaller pitches?

If your answer is no—brew as normal. Simply order full brewhouse batch size pitches with no additional requirements.

• What you order: Exact amount of yeast for your brewhouse batch size (or larger)
• Perfect for: Direct pitching into production batches
• Reporting: None required
• Additional fees: None

If your answer is yes—order pitches as small as 1 bbl, keep track of your production, and pay licensing fees each quarter.

• What you order: Smaller amounts of yeast for propping/stepping up
• Perfect for: Breweries that propagate or step up yeast in-house
• Reporting: Quarterly production reports required and must be kept for 3 years
• Additional fees: Quarterly licensing fees on all production with Engineered strains

Getting started

Reach out to your local Omega Yeast rep or email us at orders@omegayeast.com and we’ll send you the Terms of Use via Docusign.

Licensing fees for Engineered strains