Escarpment Labs Visit 2018

By r3dunlopMay 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Special event recap Escarpment Labs, Fermentation, Process, Tour, Wild Yeast, Yeast

This month instead of our usual club meeting, we had a very special tour from Richard Preiss of Guelph’s own Escarpment Labs.

Fermenting Your First Lager

By chrisApril 25, 2018April 25, 2018 Educational, Member article Beginner, Brewing, Fermentation, Lager, Process, Simplification

Many brewers will at some point dream of making a perfect pilsner or other lager style, and many more will be apprehensive about straying from their reliable favourite ale yeasts. It doesn’t have to be daunting or even that different from fermenting ales. In this post Chris writes about how easy it is to start brewing your own lagers at home.

Making a Yeast Starter

By r3dunlopApril 9, 2018April 16, 2018 Educational, Member article Escarpment Labs, Fermentation, Process, Starter, Yeast

Making a yeast starter was a daunting task to me as a new brewer, and it took me over a year to really start tackling that aspect of brewing. Hopefully this post helps anyone starting to get into liquid yeast, or hasn’t made the leap yet because they think propagating yeast is an advanced skill. If you can make a beer, you can make a yeast starter. Trust me, it’s super easy!

Quick turnaround homebrewing

By r3dunlopOctober 24, 2017April 2, 2018 Educational, Member article Fermentation, Process, Yeast

Have you ever needed to have beer ready for a get-together on short notice? Or you run out of homebrew, and itch to have more on tap ASAP?

True Grist visits Escarpment Labs

By jangevaareJune 8, 2017April 16, 2018 Special event recap Escarpment Labs, Fermentation, Propagation, Tour, Wild Yeast, Yeast

Yesterday (June 7th, 2017), the folks at Escarpment Labs were kind enough to invite True Grist to their production facility for a tour and a Q&A period. Around 20 True Grist members arrived to Escarpment Labs and were welcomed with a sample of a very interesting tart pale ale, fermented with Lactobacillus and Kveik in…