Use: Selective agar medium used for the enumeration of contaminating bacteria and yeasts encountered in wort and beer.

Description: Universal Beer Agar was formulated by Kozulis and Page to isolate and enumerate a wide variety of bacteria and yeast, which are encountered in the brewing industry. This formulation is selective since it only allows the growth of those organisms which can grow in the presence of hops and alcohol. The addition of beer for the formulation inhibits the growth of transient airborne microorganisms.