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Think Foam Positive (All About Beer Foam)

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Think Foam Positive (All About Beer Foam)

[Originally published in Brewers Journal Canada, March 2019. Revised for Escarpment Labs Blog, April 2022.]Foam is a defining characteristic of be...

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Homebrew Experiment: Does Yeast Nutrient Matter?

Ride 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...

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The Road to SCOBY

It 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...

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Adventures in Sour Beer: Which souring method reigns supreme?

Hey 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...

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All About Attenuation

To 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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Thiol Libre: How to Liberate Thiols In Your Beer

Thiol Libre is a new yeast bred to enhance thiol and tropical fruit aromas in your beers. Read on below for tips on how to use Thiol Libre to its ...

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Recipe: Chocolate Strawberry Kombucha

Valentine's Day is all about showing love and attention to the people you care about. At Escarpment, we love our customers and we love Kombucha, so...

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Designing a beer for biotransformation

Lately it seems like brewers are trying all sorts of wild techniques to unlock new flavours in their beers. In this article I will break down thiol...

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The Co-op Experience at Escarpment Labs: 2021 Edition

My name is Sydney Johnson, and I just finished an eight-month co-op student term at Escarpment Labs in December of 2021. I’m currently in my final ...

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Approaches to Non-Alcoholic Beer Fermentation

UPDATE: For a thorough deep-dive into non alcoholic beer production, check out our Guide to Making Non-Alcoholic Beer Through Fermentation. Why no...

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Need help picking a yeast? (Strain Comparison Chart)

When your goal is to make the lives of your customers easier, you look to a lot of different areas to make changes. In lots of cases, there are fac...