Hi guys, so its been about three weeks into my second ferment, the first went well. One of my jars in this second ferment contains peppers and garlic, while the other has star fruit added as well. Each of the jars has 7% salt to mash ratio. The pepper/garlic jar has about twice as much water to mash ratio as the one with star fruit. The pepper/garlic mash started bubbling like crazy after 2 days while the starfruit ferement took acouple more days and never really bubbled like crazy, (it did bubble though). The start fruit ferment had a keeps getting a white layer over it so i scooped it out and added about a 1/2 oz of white wine vinegar. The pepper/garlic ferment smells great but the starfruit ferment smells really sour.
Is this sour smell normal? how can i tell if it went bad? I feel like it has but i really dont know what something that has gone off smells like? (i dont really eat many veggies and have a shitty sense of smell)
recap:
Garlic/chilli mash:
-7% salt to mash
-lots of water
-smells great
-bubbled liked crazy, slowing down now
Garlic/starfruit/chilli
-7% salt to mash
-just enough water to cover the mash
-smells like sour milk (not as nasty but very sour)
-bubbling but not like crazy
-white krem?
-added abit of vinegar acouple days ago
Is this sour smell normal? how can i tell if it went bad? I feel like it has but i really dont know what something that has gone off smells like? (i dont really eat many veggies and have a shitty sense of smell)
recap:
Garlic/chilli mash:
-7% salt to mash
-lots of water
-smells great
-bubbled liked crazy, slowing down now
Garlic/starfruit/chilli
-7% salt to mash
-just enough water to cover the mash
-smells like sour milk (not as nasty but very sour)
-bubbling but not like crazy
-white krem?
-added abit of vinegar acouple days ago