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Precision in Yeast, Passion in Craft

10/06/2026

What's actually in your yeast nutrient?⚡

Not all yeast nutrients are created equal. We analyzed 47 wort samples across 16 commercial breweries to see what nutrients actually do in the kettle!

In today’s episode, Mark and Richard reveal the lab data:

✅️ Precision Zinc: How Yeast Lightning reliably hits the target 0.2-0.3 ppm window without overshooting.
✅️ No Heavy Metals: Why avoiding excess iron and copper in nutrients protects finished b**r shelf life.
✅️ Balanced Chemistry: Delivering key cofactors like potassium without messing with your water salts.

🎧 Listen on Spotify (https://buff.ly/YQUuQg6) or wherever you get your podcasts — plus, you can follow along with our blog post! https://buff.ly/BQ3IILA

10/05/2026

Yeast Lightning just got an upgrade.

You can now get our flagship nutrient in a 20kg bulk pail, designed specifically for high-volume cellar teams, large-scale operations and those looking to take advantage of the 24-month shelf life.

Why scale up to 20kg?
⚡️ Save 10% compared to buying 10kg (5x 2kg) pouches
⚡️ Fewer containers to unseal, measure, and recycle
⚡️ Keep larger buggers of nutrient on hand for back-to-back turns.

Same fast-acting, complete nutrient blend your fermentation needs — just in a footprint made for production brewing.

Hit https://buff.ly/YRS1ah8 to order or email [email protected] to talk to our sales team!

10/01/2026

Is your yeast nutrient secretly sabotaging your b**r?

We teamed up with 16 top craft breweries and analyzed 47 wort and b**r samples to see how common commercial yeast nutrients perform in real-world brewhouses.

The results?
❌ Some standard nutrients added up to 119 ppm of unneeded Calcium.
❌ Others introduced pro-oxidant metals like Iron that threaten shelf stability.
✅ Yeast Lightning reliably hit the "Goldilocks zone" for Zinc without spiking unwanted minerals or altering water chemistry.

Read the full data-backed report and see how Vinnie Cilurzo () and other top brewers use Yeast Lightning to improve yeast health and aroma profiles.

🔗 Read the blog post at https://buff.ly/KQ1hPrD!

10/01/2026

The Escarpment Labs team is heading west, and we can’t wait to connect with our Alberta brewing community. Here is where you can find us:

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 #𝟮𝟯: Come hang out with Shelley and Richard! Whether you want to talk nutrients, troubleshoot cellar challenges, or chat fermentation strategies, drop by and say hi.

𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆? 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵!

OCTOBER 8TH @ 1PM — WESTIN HOTEL, BONIVISTA ROOM
He'll dive into yeast management, focusing on nutrient optimization. You’ll walk away with practical metrics to track yeast quality, avoid common cellar mistakes, and keep your fermentations locked in.

𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝗽: We’ll also be on hand to celebrate the amazing craft b**r being produced across Canada. We look forward to raising a glass with you!

See you all next week in Alberta! 🧫✨

09/29/2026

Sorry, friends! Richard is on the road this week (see you soon, Kansas City!), but we'll be back next week with all new episodes!

If you're missing your weekly dose of fermentation science, it's the perfect time to catch up on our latest deep dives! Swipe to check them out and then head to Spotify (https://buff.ly/hFF339W) or wherever you get your podcasts 👀

09/24/2026

Hey, Kansas City, MO... We're one week away from our next Biotransformation & Sensory Workshop with !

Biotransformation is one of those terms that gets thrown around everywhere in modern brewing—from unlocking bound thiols to transforming hop terpenes into tropical fruit bombs. But what does it actually taste like in the glass, and how do you reliably execute it in your cellar?

Join us on October 1st as we cover:

✔️ How beta-glucosidase and carbon-sulfur lyase enzymes untether non-volatile hop precursors into vibrant terpenes and thiols.
✔️ A side-by-side tasting comparing baseline vs. biotransformed brews — so you can physically smell and taste the difference.
✔️ How strain selection, pitch timing, and dry hop additions impact final aroma retention without causing off-flavours or unwanted hop creep.
✔️ Real-world tactics you can bring straight back to your brewhouse to maximize hop efficiency and consistency.

Head to https://buff.ly/F1vfakw to learn more! Hope to see you there 🍻

09/22/2026

Why do pitch rates vary between shifts, even with microscope counts?

In today's episode, Mark & Richard sit down with Nick Brown (Aber Instruments) and Matt Cummings (Equals Brewing) to explore capacitance technology — real-time viable cell measurement right in the pipe!

✔️ Live Biomass: How live cells act like tiny capacitors so you only measure viable yeast (and ignore trub and dead cells).
✔️ Production Gains: How Equals Brewing saved cellar time and tightened fermentation speed.
✔️ Shift Consistency: Eliminating manual counting errors across different brewers and strains.

https://buff.ly/3gCuC09 to listen on Spotify, or check out wherever you get your podcasts!

09/16/2026

Are you still juggling three different yeast brinks in the cold room?

It’s been one full year since House Ale was re-released in collaboration with Lallemand Brewing, and it’s still the ultimate one-brink solution for busy cellars.

From West Coast IPAs and roasty stouts to lawnmower pseudo-lagers, LalBrew House Ale handles your whole lineup so you can ditch the brink clutter, save money, and keep turnarounds fast.

Swipe through to see how one strain simplifies your tank schedule, then hit https://buff.ly/ABceWbm to order your next pitch!

09/15/2026

It's time that we banished buttery b**r for good!

Why does a b**r taste squeaky clean in the tank, only to turn into a slick, buttery diacetyl mess inside the can?

In today's episode, Mark and Richard break down the science of complete diacetyl control:

✔️ Nutritional Defence: Why FAN, zinc, and magnesium stop precursors at the source.
✔️ The Limits of ALDC: Why enzymes aren't a silver bullet for hop creep.
✔️ The Forced Diacetyl Test: How to run a quick heat-forced QC check before turning on the cooling jackets.

🎧 https://buff.ly/aBuTAZU to listen on Spotify, or check out wherever you get your podcasts!

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