fermenting

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Just like with wine or whiskey, fermenting and aging in wooden containers creates a flavor and aroma unique to that specific brewery, and the taste and scent become complex.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Most nectar samples contained only trace amounts, likely produced by yeast fermenting sugars.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

That meant that urine samples with high sugar content could have started fermenting and consequently generated alcohol that could have skewed the test result or created a false positive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The line between fandom and fermenting cultures blurs, and soon, it seems, a new kind of devotion might take shape: obsessive, meticulous, generous, communal.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

Jackson Street, though, smelled of rotting fish, cabbages and radishes fermenting in sea brine, sluggish sewers and diesel streetcar fumes.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson