Once you start brewing there's no turning back. It changes you. Everything is a potential ingredient, everything a new chance at fermentation. Andrew knows this, so what did he do? He decided to ferment the world!
Not really, but with this nifty DIY fermentation chamber you could try. Crafted from a 2 1/2 gallon Montana jar with an integrated silicon seal, and a blow off valve that most brewers have just sitting around, Andrew has managed to create one of the more versatile and ingenious small scale fermenters out there and all of it for less than $25. So how did he do it?
First, buy, borrow, or beg your wife for her Montana jar. It's that thing in the corner of your kitchen full of old candy. Empty that candy out and scrub it down good. Just because we're building on the cheap doesn't mean we take shortcuts. Whenever you're going to ferment something you need to be certain you're working with the cleanest option you can have. We're more than happy to answer "Is this infected" threads, but if you didn't sanitize I can go ahead and tell you
"Yeah, probably.".
From there it's pretty straightforward. You need to make sure all the holes not being used for your airlock are sealed. A little hot glue will take care of that. Then you need to drill the hole for you airlock.
Pop in the grommet (onto the silicone seal, not the metal cover) ...
Push the airlock through the top and...
Viola!
So what all can you do in this?
Sauerkraut for one
oh and kimchi,
Pickles? Oh yeah.
And of course everyone's favorite low maintenance alcoholic beverage tepache!
So the next time you're looking to try something new in the fermented foods category give this a try and please be sure to stop by Andrew's build thread to see how this all got started.
TxBrew
Not really, but with this nifty DIY fermentation chamber you could try. Crafted from a 2 1/2 gallon Montana jar with an integrated silicon seal, and a blow off valve that most brewers have just sitting around, Andrew has managed to create one of the more versatile and ingenious small scale fermenters out there and all of it for less than $25. So how did he do it?
First, buy, borrow, or beg your wife for her Montana jar. It's that thing in the corner of your kitchen full of old candy. Empty that candy out and scrub it down good. Just because we're building on the cheap doesn't mean we take shortcuts. Whenever you're going to ferment something you need to be certain you're working with the cleanest option you can have. We're more than happy to answer "Is this infected" threads, but if you didn't sanitize I can go ahead and tell you
"Yeah, probably.".
From there it's pretty straightforward. You need to make sure all the holes not being used for your airlock are sealed. A little hot glue will take care of that. Then you need to drill the hole for you airlock.
Pop in the grommet (onto the silicone seal, not the metal cover) ...
Push the airlock through the top and...
Viola!
So what all can you do in this?
Sauerkraut for one
oh and kimchi,
Pickles? Oh yeah.
And of course everyone's favorite low maintenance alcoholic beverage tepache!
So the next time you're looking to try something new in the fermented foods category give this a try and please be sure to stop by Andrew's build thread to see how this all got started.
TxBrew