ferment
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After that it goes into the fridge for as many as three days to ferment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
With the help of large handheld food mixers, they carefully grind the mixture of dried Californian grapes and water, which they then ferment before distilling it in a large still imported from Germany.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Producers roast the rounded hearts of agave plants in fire pits or kilns, then crush and ferment the cooked material before distilling it in smaller batches.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
For that sugar to then ferment and produce alcohol, the person giving the sample would also need to have a yeast infection, she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
He turned and limped away, leaving Ranofer staring after him in a ferment of joy.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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