Fermented Beverages Your Way: Homemade

If you start with sugar, water, and the tiniest bit of bacteria, you’ll soon have a fermented beverage on hand. Whether it’s a “soft” lacto-fermented beverage, a “hard” alcoholic one, or a good old vinegar-based beverage depends on sugar, time, and exposure to oxygen. They all begin with sweet liquids.

Generally speaking, sugar- or