ferment

"Any transport delay can risk ruining the batch. If it takes longer than 24 hours, the internal sugars begin to rot and ferment unpredictably, destroying the delicate flavour profile needed for premium spirits," says Dhariwal.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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

Then we let it ferment and age to make soy sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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

Methuselah was in a ferment of eagerness as he led his young friend over to the gatehouse.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Soon, this liquid ferments into a tangy beverage with a touch of viscosity, somewhat like Mexico’s pulque.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Kombucha is made when a SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, ferments sweetened tea.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Using an assembler in Germany, it takes grape juice, ferments it with bacteria which does not produce alcohol, and adds Chinese green tea to offer complexity and tannins.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Firebrand does that by adding less malted barley - the main source of sugar which ferments into alcohol.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

Many are armed, and a bad feeling ferments in the pit of my stomach.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

On a sidewalk in a middle-class neighborhood of Colima city, the Bejarano family is selling tuba, a refreshing fermented drink made from the fresh, sweet sap of the coconut palm tree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Growing interest in kombucha is part of a larger scientific focus on fermented foods.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Sticky, translucent strings dangle from Wesley Smith's chopsticks as the American tourist relishes his natto, the loved-and-hated Japanese fermented soybean superfood going global one slimy mouthful at a time.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Lutnick has started to make fermented vegetables at home in lieu of eating store-bought sauerkraut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Helda, on May’s orders, kept the Korean foodstuffs down here, the earthenware jars of pickled vegetables and meats, the fermented seasoning pastes and sauces, strips of dried seafood.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

At his factory west of Tokyo, workers in hygienic uniforms wash, steam -- and lavishly spray bacteria on -- soybeans that machines then meticulously assemble in cups, before fermenting them for 18 hours.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

"These things are not coming out of nowhere. They are forces in American politics that have been underground for a while, but have been just kind of fermenting."

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Even so, this steady, low-level intake of ethanol implies that the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, our closest living relatives among the apes, probably encountered alcohol every day from fermenting fruit.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

Still, Holzman puts his cheffy spin on things, fermenting his dough for five days to develop flavor and topping it with farm-fresh local ingredients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Pervading everything was the odor of pine and fermenting fruit.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison