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Looking Forward: Paid Parental Leave

Looking Forward: Paid Parental Leave

Happy Father’s Day! The ownership team here at Escarpment Labs includes two dads, and between us Nate and I have had three children since starting...

fun Krista Stemmler

Zodiac Signs for the Yeast Enthusiast

When you work with yeast as much as we do, it doesn’t take long to notice that they’ve all got their own unique personalities. From spicy saisons t...

knowledge Richard Preiss

Yeast Recommendations for Multi-Fill Brews

Here's a common dilemma that many pro brewers come to us with: "I have to brew several times to fill my fermentors, but there isn't much good advi...

food Rani Cruz

Baking Gluten-Free Sourdough with Rani Cruz

A Baking Journey Begins... I have been afraid of gluten-free baking since my partner’s celiac diagnosis in 2001. Back then, gluten-free anything ...

downloads Nicole Irvine

6 Flasks Amusement Park Poster - PDF Available!

Over the years, we've gotten many questions about the basics of brewing, and how to optimize processes for peak production efficiency. What better...

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Dude, Where's My Haze? Advice for Hazy IPAs

We get a lot of questions about how to promote hop haze in NEIPA/Hazies/Juicy IPAs and have written up some useful advice and information below t...

knowledge Phillip Jurek

Ready, Set, Ferment: Internal Homebrew Competition

The word homebrew means something different to everyone. For some it’s the bucket of grocery store apple juice and bread yeast in the dorm room clo...

new releases Nicole Irvine

E.L Fuego fermented hot sauce is now live!

Pro breweries and wholesalers: Order your yeast on our online store, and your lunch break will never be the same. This year's batch of E.L. Fuego...

knowledge Eugene Fletcher

Biotransformation: Keep your hops alive with yeast

The first lesson I learnt when I started brewing was that a brewer must be intentional in their choice of hops and yeasts. Apart from fermenting m...

knowledge Braden Masur

Liquid yeast shelf life: How do we measure up?

Calculating Liquid Yeast Viability Changes Over Time Hi blog readers, I’m Braden Masur and I started working at Escarpment Labs in August of 2020 a...

inside escarpment Richard Preiss

Diversity and Inclusion at Escarpment

I wanted to take a moment from our regularly scheduled content to talk about diversity and inclusivity and what it means for Escarpment Labs. More...

knowledge Rona Zhou

Cider Blend 2020: How does it compare?

As a student from the University of Guelph, I was hired on by Escarpment Labs for a Co-op placement back in the summer of 2020. Due to COVID restri...

knowledge Angus Ross

Paid sick leave saves lives

We recognize that when people are ill, they need time off to get better, to seek medical attention if necessary, and to avoid getting their coworke...