{"id":4665,"date":"2026-03-04T19:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websolutions.kitchen\/innovWP\/?p=4665"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:11:31","slug":"gerrard-kilfoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innov.ccnb.ca\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/gerrard-kilfoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrard Kilfoil, M.Sc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gerrard Kilfoil is a food science researcher at INNOV. He holds a master&#8217;s degree in food science from Dalhousie University and has specialized expertise in malting, brewing, and beverage recipe development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has worked primarily with craft microbreweries, contributing to recipe development, industrial scale-up, and process optimization. In addition, he has been instrumental in expanding INNOV&#8217;s analytical capabilities, making the laboratory the only one in Eastern Canada to offer testing for beer, malt, grains, and hops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is now focusing his efforts on improving quality and innovation throughout the craft beer supply chain. He works with breweries, maltsters, producers, and distillers to incorporate more local ingredients, helping businesses improve the consistency of their products while supporting a stronger and more resilient regional craft beverage industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Specific expertise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Malting and brewing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beverage development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fermentation modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Process scaling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brewing recipe development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fermentation process optimization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R&amp;D projects with microbreweries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:gerrard.kilfoil@ccnb.ca\"><strong>gerrard.kilfoil@ccnb.ca<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researcher \u2013 Food Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture-environment-and-bioprocesses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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