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The Escarpment Labs Podcast

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Welcome to The Escarpment Labs Podcast— a weekly podcast that brings you deeper into the science and strategy behind exceptional fermentation. Hosted by Sales Coordinator Mark Korczynski and CEO Richard Preiss, each episode explores popular topics from Escarpment’s blog and Knowledge Base with fresh insight, research updates, and brewer-focused tips. Whether you're a homebrewer looking to level up or a professional chasing consistency and flavour precision, this show has something for every fermentation nerd. New episodes every Tuesday!

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Recent Episodes

July 21, 2026

The Punk-Rock Side of Fermentation: Inside Carnivale Brettanomyces

What happens when you bring the world's most dedicated fermentation rebels into one room?In this special monologue episode, Richard takes the mic solo to share his recent experience at Carnivale Brettanomyces—the legendary Amsterdam festival dedicated entirely to wild, funk-forward, and alternative fermentations.Far from a typical corporate trade show, Carnivale operates with a fiercely independent, "punk-rock" ethos. Richard explores why this hyper-niche gathering is so vital to the global brewing community. We trace the historical significance of the homebrew market as the original sandbox for craft beer innovation and discuss the immense power of finding and maintaining your specific "tribe."Most importantly, Richard makes a case for why commercial breweries must prioritize and fund experiments that aren’t immediately viable for the bottom line if they want to survive and innovate long-term.If you’ve ever felt like your creative brewing spark is getting bogged down by production schedules and core brand KPIs, this episode is a rallying cry to get weird, stay curious, and keep fermenting on the fringe. Featured in this Episode:<ul><li>For more information Carnivale Brettanomyces, visit <a href="https://wildegist.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://wildegist.nl/</a></li></ul>

July 14, 2026

Controlling Esters in Wit & Weizen Yeasts: Driving Citrus, Banana, and Clove

It’s official: wheat beer summer is in full swing, and sales for Hefeweizen, Witbier, and Belgian yeast strains are up a whopping 40% in 2026.But these styles require a masterfully delicate touch. In this episode, Mark and Richard tackle the "Holy Trinity" of wheat beer flavour drivers—Citrus, Banana, and Clove—and show you how to move past guesswork to orchestrate absolute balance in the cellar.Whether you want to drop an intentional banana bomb or keep your Witbier's crisp citrus notes from being buried under a mountain of heavy phenols, we break down the precise chemical and process levers you need to pull.In this episode, we unpack:<ul><li>The Isoamyl Acetate Equation: The exact relationship between glucose, leucine (FAN), and the metabolic flux that drives classic banana esters.</li><li>The Bio-Citrus Route: How to leverage the biotransformation of geraniol-rich hops rather than just leaning on orange peel additions.</li><li>Universal Ester Levers: How underpitching by 10–20%, raising temperatures, and restricting oxygen alter your ester-to-phenol ratios.</li><li>Temperature Suppression: Why keeping things cool (17–18°C) is actually the best way to let delicate citrus profiles shine.</li></ul>Featured in this Episode:<ul><li> Check out our full Knowledge Base Article: <a href="https://knowledge.escarpmentlabs.com/article/340-controlling-esters-in-wit-and-weizen-yeasts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Controlling Esters in Wit and Weizen Yeasts</a></li><li>Check out our German and Belgian strain collections at <a href="escarpmentlabs.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">escarpmentlabs.com</a></li></ul>

July 7, 2026

Moving Beyond POF: The Science and Control of Phenols

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Escarpment Labs Podcast—and to kick off Season 5—we want to thank our amazing community of over 5,000 listeners who have racked up more than 4,200 consumption hours with us over the last 44 episodes. We couldn't do this without your endless curiosity.For this milestone episode, Mark and Richard tackle a massive topic that is often completely misunderstood: Phenolic Off Flavours (POF). How is it that yeast can take flavourless grain precursors and transform them into complex aromas like cloves, baking spice, wood smoke, barnyard, or even band-aids?As it turns out, the traditional "POF+ vs. POF-" industry label is a massive oversimplification. Phenol production is a highly tunable spectrum.In this episode, we break down:<ul><li>The Phenol Nuance: Why a compound that is an essential "feature" in a Belgian Saison or Hefeweizen is a catastrophic defect in a clean Hazy IPA.</li><li>The Role of the Grist: How wheat and rye carry exponentially higher levels of ferulic and p-coumaric acids than barley, and how a step-mash rest at 43-45°C unlocks them.</li><li>Hidden Adjunct Danger Zones: Why adding coffee, chocolate, grapes, or stone fruit to a beer can accidentally introduce phenol precursors that your yeast will aggressively biotransform.</li><li>Testing & Genetic Engineering: How CRISPR-Cas9 can delete the FDC1 gene to turn a wild strain "clean," and how to run a 72-hour "Forced Phenol Test" in your own brewery.</li></ul> Featured in this Episode:<ul><li>Want to view the full presentation from this year's <a href="https://wildegist.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Carnivale Brettanomyces</a>? <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XkUkGvPKt_MqobC2hjcHmzt5hTo_f1sL/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Click here.</a></li><li>For a talk and Q&A on Berliner Weisse with German Brewer and Historian, Benedikt Koch, <a href="https://youtu.be/DovD7coVlyk?si=N7gZiTkWmSBpFR8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">click here</a>.</li><li>If you're looking to troubleshoot phenols, you can visit our <a href="https://knowledge.escarpmentlabs.com/article/267-phenols-about-ferulic-acid-and-malt-precursors" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Knowledge Base page</a> on the subject.</li></ul>

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What is The Escarpment Labs Podcast?: Welcome to The Escarpment Labs Podcast— a weekly podcast that brings you deeper into the science and strategy behind exceptional fermentation. Hosted by Sales Coordinator Mark Korczynski and CEO Richard Preiss, each episode explores popular topics from Escarpment’s blog and Knowledge Base with fresh insight, research updates, and brewer-focused tips.

Whether you're a homebrewer looking to level up or a professional chasing consistency and flavour precision, this show has something for every fermentation nerd. New episodes every Tuesday!
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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