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Thanks, I understand now...thanks for the link.

Thanks SmokenFire.

What is a reducer?   I read in the 101 about adding a reducer to the bottle..not sure what this means...thanks

It was but I am just trying to learn and do this the right way.   I guess where I am getting confused is that some recipes call for only a few days fermenting and others take a couple of weeks or months...thanks

Ok..I am a newbie to hot sauce making.  I followed Chef John’s recipe exactly.  I also stopped the fermentation after four days like he says.  The hot sauce was almost exactly like Sriracha.  I then made the next batch exactly except this time I double the amounts of everything.  I also had it...

Thanks for the info...

I just started making fermented hot sauce.  The instructions had me blend up the peppers and then ferment.  After that it had me strain the mash into a sauce pan and then boil to the thickness desired.  I have been reading posts here and it seems some ferment and then boil the whole mash,  then...