4-24-18 we are yeast hunting today! Our guest is Luke Holcombe, with Scott Labs. Born and raised in California’s Central Valley, Luke grew up surrounded by wine grapes. This led him to pursue a degree at CalPoly, San Luis Obispo in Wine and Viticulture. Prior to joining Scott Laboratories, Luke was the Assistant Winemaker at McManis Family Vineyards in Ripon, California and Head Winemaker for Post Winery in Altus, Arkansas. He currently resides in Alma, Arkansas with his dog, Mr. Wilson.
Scott Laboratories Inc. (USA) and Scott Laboratories Ltd. (Canada) are privately held companies specializing in value added products for the North American wine, craft brewing and distilled spirits industries.
Their predecessor firm (the Berkeley Yeast Laboratory) was literally founded in the weeks prior to the end of Prohibition in 1933. The mission of the new company was to help customers produce better products for THEIR customers. Value added was a core principal then.  It remains a core value eight decades later.
Their first products were lab services and yeast. In the years that followed the needs of the industry customers led them first to cellar supplies, then to packaging and finally into processing and bottling equipment. It has been an 80 year evolution driven by the concept of adding value.
Our current product portfolios include some of the most famous names in the wine, craft brewing and spirits industries. In some cases we have our own proprietary products (such as Sparkolloid and Scottzymes) while in other cases we work with partner firms.



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Scott Lab Fermentation Handbook
Biomass Content Governs Fermentation Rate in Nitrogen-Deficient Wine Must
Sequential Use of Nitrogen Compounds by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during Wine Fermentation: a Model Based on Kinetic and Regulation Characteristics of Nitrogen Permeases
Management of Multiple Nitrogen Sources during Wine Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Wine secondary aroma: understanding yeast production of higher alcohols
Metabolic and transcriptomic respond of the wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain EC1118 after an oxygen impulse under carbon-sufficient, nitrogen-limited fermentative conditions
Effect of low temperature fermentation and nitrogen content on wine yeast metabolism
Why, When and How to Measure YAN
Chemistry in Winemaking
Fermentation Management Practices
Altered Fermentation Performances, Growth, and Metabolic Footprints Reveal Competition for Nutrients between Yeast Species Inoculated in Synthetic Grape Juice-Like Medium
Tailored Organic Nutrient Additions
Speed Brewing by Mary Izett
Danny Acevedo - Modern Mead Making Videos
American Homebrewers Association
BJCP
The Flavor Bible
Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff
The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff

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