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I am getting white film (looks like mold) on hot sauce fermentation. Reason? Pitch or continue? First time ever trying this.

It looks like mold. I don’t know if I should skim it, pitch it, or just hold steady and boil in a week like the recipe calls for.

All help is welcome.

by mhks

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  1. TheBigGreenPeen

    First off, you need to keep everything below the liquid line.
    I would highly recommend investing in a weight for your jar.

    A small amount of Kahm yeast (film) at the top is normal, but none of my ferments have had that much of it.
    I would skim some of it off the top and try to push everything down into the brine more.

    If it becomes fuzzy or starts changing colors or smelling really odd, you’re gonna have to just toss the whole batch.

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