What are you fermenting for Home Fermentation Day on Aug. 1?

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Home Fermentation Day is almost here. Have you chosen your project yet?

This year, we’re celebrating with four AHA favorites that prove fermentation goes far beyond beer:

Pick one of our fermentation favorites:

:hot_pepper: Fermented Hot Sauce
Turn peppers, brine, and patience into something fiery, funky, and completely your own.

:honey_pot: Hairy Vetch Traditional Mead (1 Gallon Recipe)
A silky, honey-forward mead with soft vanilla notes and serious sip appeal.

:red_apple: Wisco Chillin’ Ice Cider
This ice cider turns fresh-pressed apples into a bold, sweet pour.

:root_vegetable: Beet Kvass
Tart, earthy, brilliantly crimson, and surprisingly simple to make.

:memo: Or pick one of our other Home Fermentation Day recipes.

Don’t forget—post your photos!

Take a photo and share your fermentation project here in the Forum, or tag @homebrewassoc when you share it on Facebook or Instagram.

We’ll be highlighting member fermentation projects after the holiday, and we’d love to include yours.

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I just started a batch of lacto-fermented beets (from the garden!). The heirloom-variety beets have a few sliced cloves of garlic, two red Thai chilis, and 5% brine to top up the jar. I’m looking forward to trying these out when they are ready, hopefully next weekend!

I also started up a batch of spicy brown mustard, but it’s more of a steeped mustard than a fermented one. Either way, it’s one of my favorite recipes and is going to be super tasty. I think it will go well with some grilled brats and homebrew.

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I have beer naturally conditioning in my kegerator . Does that count?

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It does!

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I posted out on socials early but I’ve got a couple of hot sauce projects inflight - Super Rooster and Funky Papi and tomorrow I’ll make a Blueberry Chipotle sauce.

Recipe for the Super Rooster is right here: Gettin' Hot

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Beer totally counts—fermentation’s fermentation. Going for the hot sauce myself, figured I’d try something different from my usual brewing.