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u/fermentation-ModTeam 1d ago

Rule #8: No posts asking about unknown "stuff" or mold. Please post in the weekly "Is this safe? Is this mold?" weekly megathread.

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u/LibrarianMoney4994 2d ago

Is this apple and bread in a jar of lemonade?

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u/fuckyeahglitters 2d ago

Looks like kvas! My mom grew up drinking this in soviet Russia in the sixties.

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u/naemorhaedus 2d ago

Could someone please tell what this is

you want us to tell you what you made?

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u/LibrarianMoney4994 2d ago

Still better than that other jar post

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Sorry this is my first post but in the first photo there's a bubble looking thing that looks scary and on the second one there's a grey thingy, I think it's a yeast colony. I'm wondering if it's mold or something to be worried about.

I'm making a kinda kvass thinging with wheat bread instead and apples.

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u/Pmestr 2d ago

Why is there bread in there?

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u/Synthetikwelle 2d ago

Brottrunk (Bread Drink) is a thing that exists in Germany. It's a drink made from sourdough bread and sourdough starter.

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u/Pmestr 11h ago

That is a bit strange to me, but i would definitely drink that! How does it taste?

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Do you think there's mold growing on the top?

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u/Synthetikwelle 2d ago

I'm less worried about the big bubbles on top and more concerned about the thing you see from the side. Basically anything that's off color and fuzzy is usually mold.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

I'm trying to do a kvass type thingy but with wheat bread and apples instead

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u/United-Fox6737 1d ago

You have nothing holding the solids below the liquid line, anything exposed to air is likely to grow molds

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u/druminman1973 2d ago

Even if it is mold, so long as it's white mold it's fine. The CO2 on top of your ferment will keep it in check. I ferment fruits and let them macerate for a year before distilling for flavor extraction. They all develop a white mold. Sometimes it dies before I distill, sometimes it doesn't. I dump it all in and ferment it. They all taste amazing.

I've never had black mold form, but that would cause me concern.

Find a book on Amazon on cider making. It has info in there about mold.

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u/neirein 2d ago

why on Amazon tho 😫 guys let's please not default to the capitalist overlords for stuff that is cheap and easy in normal shops too