Fermentation Notes

Temperature decides everything

A cool room makes a slow, sour, long-keeping ferment.

A warm one is fast and sharp and spoils sooner

Jars lined up on the cellar stair.
Jars lined up on the cellar stair.
A thermometer taped to the shelf.
A thermometer taped to the shelf.

Eighteen degrees is a fair compromise for most of the year, and the cellar stair holds it almost by itself.

Bubbles rising in the third day of an active ferment.
Bubbles rising in the third day of an active ferment.

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