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Ready, Set, Ferment: Internal Homebrew Competition

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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How to Choose a Brett Strain

Remember Brett? In a world of rampant pastry seltzers and fruit purée "berliners", it has felt a little like our funky friend has fallen by the wa...

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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.

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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...