2019 Escarpment Labs Visit By ChrizMay 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Categories: Special event recap Tags: Brettanomyces, Education, Escarpment Labs, Funk, Homebrew share, Yeast In place of a monthly meeting in May, we went to Escarpment Labs in Guelph for a special educational event. This was our third time visiting the lab as a club, and it’s incredible to see how much they’ve grown with each year’s visit!
BSG Bulk Buy By r3dunlopMarch 1, 2019March 6, 2019 This buy is for products distributed by Brewer’s Supply Group – primarily malts and dried yeast. We are once again running this buy through Kamil Juices in Guelph.
Escarpment Labs Visit 2018 By r3dunlopMay 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Categories: Special event recap Tags: 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.
Making a Yeast Starter By r3dunlopApril 9, 2018April 16, 2018 Categories: Educational, Member article Tags: 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!
Field trip to Escarpment Labs By jangevaareApril 5, 2018April 10, 2018 Join us as we tour the growing facilities of our favourite yeast producer, Escarpment Labs. Ask the Escarpment Labs team your burning questions about Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus (and more?) in brewing, and learn more about where your brewing cultures come from. This facility tour and Q&A will be coupled with a yeast buy. This event…
Quick turnaround homebrewing By r3dunlopOctober 24, 2017April 2, 2018 Categories: Educational, Member article Tags: 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 Categories: Special event recap Tags: 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…
