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    Fermented hot sauce: keep kahm, ferment on

    December 10, 2019

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    Richard Preiss

    A growing number of us at the lab are experimenting at work and at home with fermented foods. It's a natural extension of our work with beer and brewing yeasts, since once you've learned one fermentation, many of the skills are transferrable to another type. As a resul...

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    Crispy brewing with kveik: mind the pH gap

    November 26, 2019

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    Richard Preiss

    Yes, another post about kveik. We promise the next few blog posts will cover other topics like new Brett strains, yeast nutrition, and food fermentations instead. 

    Introduction 

    While kveik yeast burst onto the scene with promises of fruity, high-temp, high-octane fermen...

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    The impact of pitch rate on kveik ferments

    November 1, 2019

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    Richard Preiss and Iz Netto

    This week, we presented a scientific poster at the MBAA National Conference in Calgary on the impact of pitch rate on kveik ferments. This is a question we are constantly asked, and one which we see talked about in brewing communities a lot. 

    Ever heard these? 

    "You...

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    PCR update: pipette, cry, repeat

    October 3, 2019

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    Alex Mitro

    Hey everyone, 2019 has been quite a year in terms of ongoing research at Escarpment Labs. The R&D Department has been drumming up some exciting research on all of our yeast strains to better characterize their performances through a massive fermentation project - so st...

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    Don't forget the Brett

    August 14, 2019

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    Richard Preiss

    Sometimes, amid the kettle souring, NEIPA, and kveik crazes, it's hard to remember what got me into this yeast thing in the first place. For me, many of these roads trace back to finding a beer called Orval as a cash-strapped and beer-curious undergrad (it's super chea...

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    Using Norwegian Kveik: Old Yeast, New Tricks

    July 16, 2019

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    Richard Preiss

    It seems like everyone these days is talking about Norwegian kveik yeasts, due to the promise of fast, clean, and hot fermentations beyond what we thought was possible for beer production. We’ve found that people tend to fall into two camps when it comes to kveik: the...

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    Quality management at Escarpment Labs

    June 17, 2019

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    Richard Preiss

    Many craft breweries these days are managing a wide range of yeasts and other fermentative organisms under their roof. This is largely due to customer demand for a variety of beer styles, and for continuous innovation in new product categories. Managing many microbes u...

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    Tales from the lab

    April 17, 2019

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    Richard Preiss

    At the end of 2018, we fully intended to write up a recap of the year and post it here, with some hints at things to come. Unfortunately/fortunately, 2019 started quite busy for us, and that task fell by the wayside. However, we have started to launch new products for...

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    QC and me (guide to agar plating)

    March 19, 2019

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    Alex Mitro

    Hi everyone, today’s blog post is about the importance of a plating program within the brewery. Plating beer samples on a regular basis not only allows you to screen samples for potential yeast and bacterial contaminants that may spoil your product, but also provides v...

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    A practical guide to yeast repitching

    February 20, 2019

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    Nate Ferguson

    Introduction

    When most brewers are starting out, they rely on dry yeast cultures for the bulk of production. Dry yeast is very easy to use, and affordable to the point that it does not need to be reused. However, as breweries and brewers grow, they often find themselves...

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