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Gift Guide for Fermenters and Homebrewers

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Originally published on November 15, 2021. Last updated on November 3, 2022

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Fermentation Holiday Gifts

This gift guide for fermenters and homebrewers will give you all kinds of ideas for the holiday and Christmas season. Find ideas for fermenting kits and jars, kefir and kombucha starters, brewing supplies, books, and more. You’ll find the perfect holiday gift for the fermenter or home brewer in your life.

kombucha with a scoby brewing in a one gallon jar

Gift Guide for Fermenters & Homebrewers

Fermenting is a huge passion of mine, and I love showing people how easy it is. So I decided to create this gift guide for fermenters and homebrewers!

Be sure to check out my other gift guides as well! I have one for foragers and wildcrafters, one for herbalists, and one for backyard gardeners.

This is going to be a long one because I have many recommendations. Although it’s mainly geared towards newbies, even seasoned fermenters can still benefit from many of these products.

Get these things for that person in your life who has always wanted to make their own kombucha, fermented pickles, or homebrew, but doesn’t have the right tools to start!

Vegetable Fermenters

Let’s start with things you need for veggie ferments (like dilly beans, hot sauce, or cranberries).

Technically no equipment is needed besides a fermenting vessel, salt, and something to weigh down the veggies with, but it’s really nice to have a kit like this one from Easy Fermenter.

It comes with handy weights, special airlock lids, and a recipe book. All you need is quart size wide mouth mason jars and you’re good to go!

the easy fermenter starter kitI also really like these simple stainless steel fermenting lids with airlocks.

These fermentation weights are handy to have as well!

jars of fermented vegetables with airlocksThese ceramic fermentation weights and funnel from Sienna Ceramics are really nice and make wonderful handmade gifts. I own both and they are just perfect!

Of course, sometimes it’s nice to ferment in larger than quart size batches, and this is when a ceramic crock is perfect.

My Mom got me this this 3 gallon ceramic crock from Ohio Stoneware for Christmas a few years ago, and I absolutely love it!

Now the only thing I wish I had for it is the crock weight set, but maybe I’ll get that this year.

3 gallon ceramic crock for fermenting

 

ceramic weight for fermenting

This wooden Pickle Packer by Masontops is also something that I’ve had my eye on for a while. It would really make packing kraut down in the crock so much easier. It’s the perfect stocking stuffer!

Masontops also carries a fermentation kit that includes Pickle Pipe lids, weights, and the Pickle Packer!
mason tops fermentation kit

Kombucha, Jun & Kefir Brewers

For all the wannabe kombucha and jun brewers out there, the first thing they will need is a wide mouth one gallon glass jar. This is what all of the tasty ‘booch is brewed in.

one gallon wide mouth jar for fermentation

Then a kombucha SCOBY is needed to get the brew going.

Kombucha Kamp is a great place to get a SCOBY and other kombucha and kefir brewing necessities. They also carry Jun SCOBY’s, kefir grains, and continuous brew packages!

kombucha kamp fermenting supplies

If you’d rather purchase a whole kombucha kit in a one package deal that comes with everything, check out this Kombucha Brewing Kit from The Kombucha Shop.

It looks pretty awesome!

kombucha brewing kit

There are also these great milk kefir and water kefir kits from Cultures for Health. They also have a kombucha brewing kit as well as sourdough starters!

cultures for health logo

Mead, Cider, Wine, and Beer Brewers

Now let’s move on to some homebrewing equipment.

For all the mead, cider, and wine makers out there, this one gallon jug with airlock is extremely useful and a great way to get started with a small batch of brew.

one gallon brewing jug with airlock

Champagne yeast is one of the easiest to use for beginners, as it always makes a reliable product, or you could get this wine yeast sample pack!

wine yeast sampler pack

Get these two items plus a 3 pound jug of raw honey, and you will be setting someone up pretty good to get started on their own one gallon batch of mead right away!

See my full list of mead making equipment and ingredients here.

You can also give my Simple Mead Making eBook as a gift!

If you have friends or family that are into beer and want to learn how to make their own, this Homebrew Kit is the perfect place to start for all the right equipment.

It even comes with a brewing pot and your first beer recipe kit!

beer home brewing kit

Adventures in Homebrewing also always has great deals on homebrewing equipment, and I totally love their rotating collection of free shipping beer extract kits.

These kits are the easiest way to start brewing your own beer, once you have the proper brewing equipment.

Fermenting Bottles

Fermenters and homebrewers often need bottles, whether it’s for a kombucha or water kefir second ferment or for bottling homebrew.

My favorite are amber bottles with flip top lids. They make bottling super easy!

amber flip top bottles

Fermenting Books

Now let’s talk about books, as they always make great gifts.

Hands down, the two absolute best books for fermenting are Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz.

Anyone and everyone who ferments should have these books!

two fermentation books by sandor katz

Two other great books by Kirsten and Christopher Shockey that focus on vegetable ferments and spicy fermented sauces are Fermented Vegetables and Fiery Ferments.

Another great book on the basics of fermentation with easy recipes is Fermenting Made Simple by Emillie Parrish.

Then there are these two cool looking books on brewing kombucha, The Big Book of Kombucha by Hannah Crum and Kombucha Revolution by Stephen Lee.

See my full list of books on fermentation and homebrewing!

stack of books about fermentation

There’s a lot more I could add to this list, but this should be enough to get you started!

Fermenting is so much fun, I’m all about getting others into it. I think these are some of the best fermenting and homebrewing gifts anyone could get!

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  1. Jesi says

    July 15, 2022 at 9:55 am

    Thank you for all this great information. In your fermented ketchup recipe, you say to use a ferment, does it matter what kind? I’m a fermenting baby.

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    • Grow Forage Cook Ferment says

      July 21, 2022 at 10:56 am

      Hi Jesi. I’m not sure I understand the question you’re asking. Can you clarify what you mean by “use a ferment”?

      Reply
  2. Patricia Varga says

    June 25, 2022 at 9:09 pm

    I’ve been looking for how to ferment dried red clover that I purchased from mountain rose herbs. Is there any advice you could share? I saw a video how fresh was fermented but not with the dried plant. Thank you!

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    • Grow Forage Cook Ferment says

      June 27, 2022 at 9:11 am

      Hi Patricia. I’ve never fermented dried or fresh red clover, so I’m afraid I wouldn’t be of much help. It’s an interesting idea though!

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  3. Melissa Marshall says

    January 20, 2018 at 8:56 am

    Thank you so much for having this website Colleen! A friend of mine told me about it to make a Ginger bug, and now I was looking at the ferment information! I have made hot sauce already and I can’t believe how good it tastes! I am now making Kombucha and Mead too! Fermenting is so fun!!!

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