
Fermenting Kvass: A Slavic Bread-Based Ale
When starting my co-op at Escarpment Labs it was recommended that I devise a project involving fermentation. I decided to try making kvass, a bever...
Read moreOne of the biggest challenges and mysteries that brewers using liquid yeast face is how long yeast can be stored in between batches without risk of...
Read moreSince we launched NAY (our yeast for non-alcoholic beers), there has been a ton of interest from both professional and home brewers. Lots of brewer...
Read moreSensory Tasting with Purpose A sensory program is a massive component of quality assurance that has the honoured distinction of simultaneously soun...
Read moreWelcome to Thiol bootcamp, brewers! My name is Henry Hussey and I’ve been a homebrewer for 2 years. I picked up the new hobby – well perhaps, obse...
Read moreNew boxes and the sustainability challenges of cold chain shipping Shipping live cultures isn’t nearly as straightforward as shipping a t-shirt (or...
Read moreA Home Brewing experiment with Krispy: Ferment Under 10 PSI Pressure vs Atmospheric A while back, Richard Priess wrote a post on the Fermenting wi...
Read moreIt's a picture perfect Saturday, and you're looking for something new to stretch those homebrew muscles. Well, on this Canadian Homebrew Day you're...
Read more[Originally published in Brewers Journal Canada, March 2019. Revised for Escarpment Labs Blog, April 2022.]Foam is a defining characteristic of be...
Read moreRide the Lightning: Yeast Lightning Split Batch I’m a homebrewer. Like most homebrewers, I have no formal education in brewing. I’ve learned my cra...
Read moreIt all started with an idea... A SCOBY is a beautiful example of microbes working together to make something awesome, and in this case delicious. S...
Read moreHey everyone! I’m Sydney and I’m a microbiology co-op student from the University of Guelph. Like many of you, I have a love for craft beer (and fo...
Read moreTo many brewers, yeast attenuation is a bit of a mysterious black box. Yeast producers provide wide ranges in their product specs. Even more confu...
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