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Fermentation Atlas

Austria

30 ferments from Austria, with how each is made.

30 entries listed here.

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FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
Botrytised (noble rot) sweet wineAlcoholic drinksat least 3 years
Bregenzerwälder Alpkäse and BergkäseCheese2–3 days
ButterkäseCheese3–4 days3.7 %5.7–5.9
Dickmilch (Setzmilch, Stockmilch)Fermented milk12–20 h20–45 °C
Ennstaler Steirerkas PDOCheeseat least 21 days6–14 °C
Gailtaler Almkäse PDOCheeseat least 49 days15–20 °C
Glundner Käse (Glundner Kas)Cheese2–3 days1 %
Großwalsertaler Bergkäse ('Walserstolz')Cheese8–12 months12–15 °C20 %5.3
Ice wine (Eiswein, icewine)Alcoholic drinksat least 30 days15–17 °C4
LimburgerCheeseat least 2 monthsat least 2 °C4.8
Liptauer (körözött)Cheese10–13 days12–22 °C4–6 %5.1–5.3
Montafoner Sura KeesCheese28–42 days18–20 °C
Mostviertler SchofkasCheese24 h
Murtaler SteirerkäsCheese2–3 days1 %
Partly fermented grape must (chicha de uva, cachina, Federweisser, Sturm, burčák)Alcoholic drinks6–8 h3.1–3.6
Paznauner AlmkäseCheeseat least 42 days
Pinzgauer BierkäseCheese42 days
Puzzone di Moena PDOCheeseat least 3 months10–20 °C
QuarkCheese20 h58–60 °C4.5–4.7
SauerkrautVegetables7 days18 °C2–2.3 %3.4–3.4
Sauerrüben (sour turnip)Vegetables35–42 days20 °C2.5 %
Schlierbacher Schlosskäse (Schlierbacher Käse)Cheese14 days12–18 °C20 %
Speck (Speck Alto Adige PGI and Tiroler Speck PGI)Meat4.6–7.4 months10–16 °Cup to 5 %
Stelvio / Stilfser DOPCheeseat least 2 months
Tiroler Almkäse/Alpkäse PDOCheese4.5–6 months10–18 °C
Tiroler BergkäseCheeseat least 3 months20 %5.3
Tiroler Graukäse PDOCheese10–21 days18–20 °C
Vorarlberger Alpkäse PDOCheeseat least 3 months
Vorarlberger Bergkäse PDOCheese3–18 months20 %
Schnittkäse Malga Gardena (Formaggio da taglio Malga Gardena)Cheese20 days – 3.3 months

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Numbers come from cited sources and carry a label that says how each is known. How this atlas is made