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Yeast is easily one of the most important flavor contributor for most beers. If you use the wrong yeast, you are not likely to get the results you're looking for (unless you get there by accident, or, if you really know what you're doing, and you're intentionally aiming for a variant of a more "standad" beer style, by design).
Remember: Brewers don't make beer...YEAST makes beer. Brewers basically just put everything in the right place at the right time for the yeasties to make what the brewer is aiming for. (Ok, that's a bit of an oversimplification, but as a very general concept, it is true.)
yeastbank.txt (dated 22Jun2010 with a LOT of new entries, and with comments added on 18Mar2011 for a couple of yeasts) contains a list of what I currently have on slants. Along with that, yeaststatus.txt lists what I have, what is on its way to me, and ones I'm looking for. Those marked with an 'X' are ones I have; '=' means it's on its way as I type this; '-' means I do have a source for it, but don't know when it'll be available to ship. Note that I'm looking for any strains not currently in my yeast bank...that is why the file is called yeaststatus, not wishlist. My "wish list" is open-ended. 14Jun2010 update: strains marked with '///' are ones I am not interested in (e.g., yeast blends).
If you're local and looking for pitchable quantities to brew with (i.e., not interested in culturing, just want the yeast), we can discuss that offline.
Contact: spooky130u AT gmail DOT com.