Ferment Your Food

Feast Your Eyes! Gorgeous Black Currant Mead Getting Started! 🍷🍷🍷 One Of The Most Interesting Aspects Of Brewing Mead Is Discovering Ways To Imbue Colours, Flavours & Fragrance! 🌸🐝🍯 Want To Learn The Methods Of Mead Making ? & To Explore The BEST Flavours To Enhance Your Meads With? You Have 2 Upcoming Opportunities YYC! Fri March 1st @ Light Cellar (www.lightcellar.ca) & Saturday March 9th @ Saskatoon Farm ! ( Link In Bio) ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️#mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #timelapse

Black Currant Mead On The Go! These Luscious Fruits Were Generously Bestowed Unto Me In Frozen Form From The Good Folks At Saskatoon Farm ! The Flavour And Colour Of The Decoction Is HEAVENLY! 🌸🐝🍯 Want To Learn The Methods Of Mead Making ? You Have 2 Upcoming Opportunities YYC! Fri March 1st @ Light Cellar (www.lightcellar.ca) & Saturday March 9th @ Saskatoon Farm ! ( Link In Bio) ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️#mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #timelapse

STOKED To Be Presenting At The @permaculture_yyc Guild 's Annual Cabin Fever Event This March 2nd! (Link in Bio) ❤️❤️❤️
"Sauerkrauting 101: Essential Skill For Local Resilience"
Learn one of the essential food skills that will revolutionize your life: Fermentation! ... In this workshop you will: + Be empowered with the skills, techniques, recipes and know-how to be able to craft your own sauerkraut @ home! + Discover the many benefits of fermented foods, probiotic bacteria and the importance of the microbiome in the digestion of food and the exciting new discoveries related to the Gut/Brain connection! +Savour the flavours of many different samples & exploring the culinary possibilities!
Sauerkraut is a true heritage food and a cultural treasure! Let's reclaim this lost art together and reclaim our health & food sovereignty! Soon You Will Be Making Your Own At Home And Hopefully Teaching Your Friends!
About Denis Manzer
Denis Manzer has been on a quest to help bring the healing powers of food to the people! He is the founder of @fermentyourfood & The @calgaryfermentationfestival ! His mission? To empower people with the skills and know-how to be able to live in harmony w/ the land as our ancestors did!
You can find Denis at The Light Cellar Superfoods in Bowness, pumping out local organic sauerkraut commercially & instructing various workshops!
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Labels Can Be Crucial In A Process Such As Mead Making That Can Take Months! I Have Learned The Hard Way By Ending Up With "Mystery Meads" - With No Recollection Of What the Jug Contains! 🌸🐝🍯 #mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #rosehips

"Pitching" The Wild Rosehips Yeast Into A Wild Rosehips Tea To Bring This Mead To Life! 🌸🌸🌸 Assembling The Ingredients To Get Your Mead Started Is As Easy As This! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ For This Batch (4 Liters or 1 Gallon) I Am Adding Only 500mls Of Local Raw Honey 🍯 ! The Wild Yeasts We Captured Can Reach A Lower Alcohol Potential Than Domesticated Yeast Strains! So If You Have Too Much Honey It Will End Up Being Very Sweet - The Yeasts Will Have Made All The Alcohol They Can Tolerate And Much Sweetness Will Remain Undigested! 🌸🐝🍯 #mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #rosehips

Success! Wild Rosehips Yeast Capture Experiment Is Bubbling Spontaneously! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This Process Took 7 Days To Begin Bubbling On It's Own !Now I Am Brewing Up A Batch Of Strong Rosehips Tea To Add This Living Liquid Into As My Starter Culture! Stay Tuned For More Details On Starting A Wild Yeast Mead vs. Commercial Yeast Strains! ❤️❤️❤️#mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #rosehips

Learn How To Make Your Own Kraut At Home! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This Is The Best Way To Make Sure You Get Loads Of This Miracle Food In Your Every Day Life! 💪🔥❤️ For All Those In YYC Area You Have An Opportunity Tomorrow Feb 16th! We Will Be Having A Sensational Sauerkrauting Workshop Saskatoon Farm ! Check Out The Link In Bio For More Details Regarding This Event! #fermented #cabbages #live #unpasteurized #redcabbage #cultured #cabbage #sauerkraut #fermentation #slowfood #local #food #organic #sustainable #resilience #recipes #handmade #homemade #handcrafted #tasty #delicious #omnomnom #gardening #permaculture #purple #foodphotography #timelapse

Once My Mead Is Happily Bubbling ( Notice The Airlock Activity) I Add Mountain Spring Water To Bring The Level In The Jug Up To The Narrow Neck! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ When Fermentation First Begins It Is Very Vigorous - I Learned The Hard Way That If You Have It Full During Initial Fermentation You Will Get Spillover!! So As The Mead "Comes To Life" I Only Have The Jug Partway Full - Once The Very Active Bubbling Subsists I Add Springwater To Bring The Level To The Top To Reduce The Surface Area Exposed To Air! This Saskatoon Berry Mead Is Gonna Be Mighty Fine! 💪❤️🔥

Kraut Harvest!! Jarring A Purple Cabbage Sauerkraut That Has Completed Fermentation! 💪🔥❤️ These Jars Will Be Stored In The Fridge! Always Having Sauerkraut On Hand To Jazz Up A Meal Has Become Essential - The Mouth-Watering Flavours, Colours & Digestive Benefits That It Brings To A Recipe Are Too Good To Imagine Food Without It! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ You Must Check Out My Upcoming Workshop @ Saskatoon Farm If You Live In YYC And Want To Bring These Cultured Foods Into Your Life! ( Link In Bio!) ❤️❤️❤️#fermented #cabbages #live #unpasteurized #redcabbage #cultured #cabbage #sauerkraut #fermentation #slowfood #local #food #organic #sustainable #resilience #recipes #handmade #homemade #handcrafted #tasty #delicious #omnomnom #gardening #permaculture #purple #foodphotography #timelapse

When You And A Bud Go For A Cider And It Is Holy!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Beauty Of The Sunlight Hitting The Glasses Just Right To Cause Them To Glow Luminously ( And Shoot Out Beams Of Light!) Made Us Laugh & Laugh From The Sheer Beauty And Wordlessness! ✨✨✨ This Beauty To Be Found In Ferments Is Truly One Of The Major Life-Giving Nutrients They Provide! Feast Your Eyes!!! 📷: @whelanwild #fermented #apple #juice #tasty #delicious #cider #fermentation #ferment #fermentyourfood #traditional #culture #slowfood #local #food #cheers #beauty #light #luminous #holy #miracle #friends #drinks #breaktime #beverage #refreshment #thirsty #hardworking #fermenteurs

Mixing Up A MIGHTY Saskatoon Berry Mead! 🍷🍷🍷 12 L Batch Made w/ 5 lbs Frozen Saskatoon Berries & 3 L 🍯Saskatoon Blossom Honey 🍯 ! Both From The Local Food Sensation That Is Saskatoon Farm ! This Is Local Flavour At It's Finest Folks! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I Am Prepping This Batch For A Class I Am Leading At The Farm On The Art Of Meadmaking In March! Stay Tuned For More Details! (I Do Have A Krauting Class Coming Too @ Saskatoon Farm This Sat Feb 16th! Check Out The Link In Bio!) #mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #timelapse

You Know What They Say: "The Longer Your Strands Of Sauerkraut The Longer Your Life!" ❤️❤️❤️

54 Litres Of Mead In One Jug! 🍯🐝🌸🌿This Is The "Big Green Mead" w/ 42 Wild Botanicals Involved! It Has Taken Me Many Years To Work Up The Confidence And Know How To Attempt This Size Of A Batch! But O Will The Mead Be A Flowing! #mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #botanical #herbal #vino #foodie #timelapse

In Love With The Fizz! ❤️❤️❤️ Experimenting With Achieving Sparkling Water Kefir Sodas! ✨✨✨The Process To Perfection Is A Challenge! So Many Factors To Factor In! This Was Infused w/ Freeze Dried Black Currant Powder From New Earth Organics ! 🍷🍷🍷 Deliciously Tasty & A Feast For The Eyes! The Extra Sugars Made For An Extra Fizzy Bottle ~ Thankfully Was Able To Catch The Overflow In A Bowl ! Grateful It Wasn't All On My Ceiling! ✨✨✨#fizzy #fermented #probiotic #soda #drink #cheers #mother #culture #scoby #waterkefir #tibicos #honey #homebrew #homemade #cultured #food #fermentation #fermentedfoods #localfood #slowfood #beauty #luminous #foodphotgraphy #healthy #healthfood #nutrition #healing #guthealth #friendlyflora #beneficialbacteria

Bottling Fermented Hot Sauce Light Cellar ! 🔥🔥🔥 Of All The Ferments We Make This Is A TOP Seller! People Are Devoted To This Stuff! 🌶🌶🌶 We Ferment Orange Bell Peppers And Red Jalapeño Peppers From Local Farmers Broxburn Vegetables & Cafe For Two - Three Weeks ! Then We Blend Into A Purée And Voila! Fantastic Flavour & Colour To Brighten Any Meal + Get Your Dose Of Living Probiotics Too! ⭐️💪⚡️❤️ #pickledpeppers #fermented #hotsauce #fermentation #fermentedfoods #fermentedfood #ferment #culture #food #foodphotography #timelapse #local #organic #vegan #vegetarian #slowfood #yyc #calgary #alberta #superfoods #lightcellar #artisanal #gourmet #tasty #delicious #healthy #food

I Fill My Mead Making Jugs Only Partway To The Top While I Wait For Vigorous Fermentation To Begin! This Is To Avoid Any Bubbling Over... By Filling It Only Partway There Is Lots Of Room For Fizzy Action To Take Place ! After The Mead Is Bubbling Away Contentedly I Add Water To Bring The Level Up To The Narrow Neck To Minimize Exposure To Oxygen! In This Case I Added Yarrow Tea 🌿🌿🌿 To Compliment This Chokecherry Mead! #mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #chokecherry #yarrow #vino #foodie #timelapse

Bubbling Takes Off! The Mead Has Come To Life! 💪⚡️🍯 Generally Now I Await The Time When You Can Count 30 Seconds Between "Bloops" - Anywhere From 2 Weeks To Two Months Sometimes! Then Your New Mead Is Ready For The Next Step - Racking It Off AKA Clarifying'! #mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #chokecherry #vino #foodie #timelapse

Just Another Day Of Work @ Light Cellar ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 400 lbs Of Organic Green Cabbage From @lundsorganicfarm ! Notice The Methodological Way In Which We Butt, Halve & Core! #sauerkraut #fermented #cabbage #fermentation #fermentedfoods #fermentedfood #ferment #culture #food #foodphotography #timelapse #local #organic #vegan #vegetarian #slowfood #yyc #calgary #alberta #superfoods #lightcellar #artisanal #gourmet #tasty #delicious #healthy #food

Making Mead Is As Easy As Mixing Water And Honey! 🌸🐝🍯💦 In This Case My "Water" Is Wild Chokecherry Tea! 🍒🍒🍒This Is How You Infuse Your Meads w/ Fantastic Flavours and Colours! 🍷🍷🍷What Herbs Are You Excited To Enhance Your Meads With?
#mead #honey #wine #tasty #traditional #fermentation #recipe #viking #druid #homebrew #handmade #homemade #fermented #drinks #cheers #local #foraged #ingredients #fermented #food #slowfood #fermentyourfood #foraged #wild #chokecherry #vino #foodie #timelapse