Fermenters Club San Diego County

Note: This is paid, ticketed event. Reserve your spot here!

Learn how to make cultured milk products through fermentation, and indulge in a flight of cultured ice cream*!

The experience includes:
- Introduction to food fermentation and its many health benefits
- Demonstration of kefir (dairy)
- Flight of cultured ice cream flavors (dairy and vegan)
- Includes a take-home milk kefir culture
*Dairy flavors based on milk kefir (pasture-raised dairy); vegan flavors are coconut-based and cultured with water kefir

Note: This is paid, ticketed event. Reserve your spot here!

## Learn how to make the perfect crunchy cucumber pickle and other summer "fruits" like peppers and peaches!

Think hot sauce, pickles, and fruit chutney!

### We'll teach you how to ferment the best summer fruits to preserve and add new flavors.

### Includes your own take-home mason jar of pickles!

### Classes are generally held outdoors (on a patio, and/or under shady trees and canopies.)

Join Austin Durant, author and founder of Fermenters Club as he takes you into the wild and wide world of fermentation!

• LEARN: We'll explain fermentation and have a brief discussion about the benefits of making and eating fermenting foods
• DEMO: We'll show you how easy it is to start making fermented foods yourself at home! We'll demo some simple fermented pickle recipes with cucumbers, peppers, carrots, and more which are loaded with healthy "probiotic" bacteria.
• TASTE: We'll have a variety of fermented foods to sample, such as chutney, hot sauce, and pickles
• DO IT TOGETHER: Roll up your sleeves and make your very own batch of cucumber pickles

FREE, but separate RSVP Required: Registration opens Sept. 1;
https://sdcl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a70d4009006f7535314a7da

Maximum 40 guests.

You will learn all about sourdough, and how to make a loaf of sourdough bread.

• We’ll explain fermentation and have a brief discussion about the benefits of making and eating fermenting foods
• We’ll show you how easy it is to start making naturally-leavened bread yourself at home!
• We'll talk about how to maintain starter and what to do with leftover starter, aka "discard"
• We’ll serve samples of sourdough bread to try

Registration required, as class is capped at 40 participants. Register online: sdcl.org/vista. Registration opens the 1st of every month at 10AM.

Copies of Austin's book, Fearless Fermenting, will be available for purchase.

NOTE: This is a paid workshop: Please register here to reserve your spot!

Learn how to make authentic spicy, fermented kimchi at home!

Includes your own take-home jar of kimchi!

Kimchi is Korean fermented vegetables. It's usually spicy, but there are many ways to make it! We will explore some of them!

• LEARN: We'll explain fermentation and have a brief discussion about the benefits of making and eating fermenting foods, and the history and different styles of kimchi
• DEMO: We'll show you how easy it is to start making fermented foods yourself at home! We'll demo some simple seasonal fermented recipes which are loaded with healthy "probiotic" bacteria
• TASTE: We'll have a variety of fermented kimchi styles to sample
• DO IT YOURSELF: Roll up your sleeves and make your very own batch of spicy kimchi to take home and ferment

SAVE $14 when you bring a friend or posse! (Each guest must have a ticket).