Resources

food ferments Tomas Fischer

Brewing Non-Traditional Saké with Kveik

When I started my co-op at Escarpment Labs, I took a great deal of interest in koji. Known as Aspergillus oryzae, this filamentous fungi has a plet...

inside escarpment Richard Preiss

Liquid Yeast Vs. Dry Yeast: Which Is Better?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions by customers to us at Escarpment Labs. So we think it is important to explain the differences be...

knowledge Ana Ivosevic

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...

knowledge Richard Preiss

Yeast Storage Time Between Batches (Pro Brewing)

One 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...

knowledge Krista Stemmler

How to design a beer sensory program (that actually generates results)

Sensory Tasting with Purpose A sensory program is a massive component of quality assurance that has the honoured distinction of simultaneously soun...

homebrew Henry Hussey

Homebrew Experiment: Impact of Phantasm Powder with Thiol Libre Yeast

Welcome 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...

inside escarpment Patrick Wynn-Williams

Moving towards sustainability: New boxes & alternative shipping materials

New boxes and the sustainability challenges of cold chain shipping Shipping live cultures isn’t nearly as straightforward as shipping a t-shirt (or...

homebrew Bruce Benneke

Homebrew Experiment: KRISPY Under Pressure

A Home Brewing experiment with Krispy: Ferment Under 10 PSI Pressure vs Atmospheric A while back, Richard Priess wrote a post on the Fermenting wi...

knowledge Richard Preiss

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...

homebrew Tyler Ustrzycki

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...

inside escarpment Ainslie Forbes

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...

inside escarpment Sydney Johnson

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...