A fermentation procedure, which can be used by multiple recipes.
Fermentation is a JSON object with the following properties:
| Property | Required? | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | ✅ | string | |
| fermentation_steps | ✅ | array of FermentationStep | |
| folder_path | DotBeer::FolderPath | The suggested slash-delimited subfolder path in which to store this Fermentation object. | |
| fermentation_description | string | ||
| notes | string |
Individual step of a fermentation.
FermentationStep is a JSON object with all properties from StepCommon::StepBase and StepCommon::StepWithGravity as well as these additional ones:
| Property | Required? | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| free_rise | boolean | Free rise is used to indicate a fermentation step where the exothermic fermentation is allowed to raise the temperature without restriction This is either True or false. | |
| vessel | string |
Documentation generated from the DotBeer schema (v0.5.0) on 2026-08-21 at 09:19:16+0200.