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2021 Craft Beer Predictions

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2021 Craft Beer Predictions

2020 was certainly a crazy and unexpected year. Here at Escarpment Labs, we are looking forward to the light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel end of the C...

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2020: A Year for the History Books

If someone had told us at the beginning of 2020 that the world would reach a complete stand-still for the better part of 10 months all because of a...

recipes Richard Preiss

Recipe: Traditional Norwegian Kornøl

Recipe Name: Traditional Norwegian Kørnol Yeast: Hornindal Farm Kveik I brewed this beer to give the team at Escarpment a taste of traditional fa...

A small bowl full of chopped ginger ready for brewing.

recipes Luisa Muhleisen

Recipe: Ginger Beer-Beer

This beer was brewed as part of an internal Escarpment Labs Christmas Homebrew competition. Staff teamed up to brew something festive and delicious...

Skarey American Pilsner in a glass surrounded by twinkle lights.

recipes Chris Saunders

Recipe: Skarey American Pilsner (KRISPY yeast)

This beer is a slightly modified version of the Gold Country Pilsner (p. 136) the Sessions Beers book by Jennifer Talley. I was missing a few ingre...

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2021 Strain Collection Poster - PDF available!

By popular demand, our 2021 Strain Collection poster is available for download for homebrewers and pro-brewers alike!

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Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 Sale: Buy direct from us!

It’s been a little over a month since the launch of our new website, we’ve decided to take it on a joy ride to test it at scale. In order to do tha...

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Recipe: JÖTUNN Saison

Recipe Name: JÖTUNN SaisonYeast: JÖTUNN I brewed this beer as a scale-up test of the new JÖTUNN hybrid yeast. Even with a simple mash, this yeast...

Yeast Lightning Nutrient is specially formulated for the unique needs of beer yeasts.

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Turbo charge your ferments with Yeast Lightning

What does yeast want? What does yeast need? The research and experience gained from many years of intensive propagation has yielded new insights a...

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Yeast fusion: the story of JÖTUNN

Selective breeding has led to the creation of many different specialized breeds of animals and plants. One of the most famous animals to be select...

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Escarpment Labs @ Ontario Craft Brewers Conference

We're excited that our very own Lab Manager, Luisa Muhleisen, will be presenting at the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference on October 29th! Luisa has...