Greetings! and weird ferments

[RCxc]

Just wanted to say Hello to everyone since I am new here. Also, my friend and I were having a discussion. What weird things have you tried fermenting? I was curious if anyone ever tried fermenting Sobe energy for example.

 

[TexLaw]

Welcome! I'm afraid to say I've been fairly conservative on my fermentations.


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[shafferpilot]

I tried grapefruit juice.... It ferments quite well, but you really don't want to drink it!!! Hell, just the smell is pretty hard to take.

 

[Brewmando]

Think honey lemon wheat only I used agave nectar in place of the honey and lime instead of lemon. Fermentation was a little long but turned out good. Called it Limgave. Now I'm thinking about a Tapioca Stout/Porter.

 

[Sloppy Sam]

Kombucha, is the strangest thing I have tried fermenting. That stuff is just plain strange. It is this gellatinous mass that is normally used for fermenting tea. I found out about it in a book called Wild Fermentation and it is just bizarre. It creates a "mother" like normally used for vinegar but in the book they talk about fermenting mountain dew with it.

Never tried any of that weird stuff but I have a crock of sauerkraut on the counter, some kefir and sourdough going.

 

[eriktlupus]

there's a mountain dew champagne recipe out there somewhere

 

[Silviakitty]

there's a sadistic part of me that wants to make a durian beer...

 

[Nurmey]

there's a sadistic part of me that wants to make a durian beer...

The only thing in the world that Andrew Zimmern won't eat (or drink).

 

[Silviakitty]

I saw that clip of him eating the durian. The look on his face was classic. He's up there in the realms of cool food guys close to Anthony Bourdain.

Man, I love it...it's one of those fruits that you crave and adore or vomit at the smell of...

I just have a feeling that fermenting durian beer will get me kicked out of my apartment, so no experimenting for me.

 

[Sloppy Sam]

Durian? Is that the tropical fruit that smells terrible? I think I saw that episode. Was that the one with the witch doctor?

 

[Silviakitty]

It is indeed the tropical fruit that smells terrible. But oh, man, it tastes so good...

I didn't see the episode, just the very last part. I think it was coming on right before "No Reservations", which was how I ended up catching it. I was trying to find a youtube link to the clip, but no dice so far.