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Community Cultures offers fermentation education through in-person and virtual workshops, as well as larger international events.

Community Cultures provides Fermentation Education opportunities throughout the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, workshops are also now offered virtually. The goal is to make fermentation education accessible to all through affordable workshops.

02/19/2026

The Miso workshop is back at Two Frays, diving into all things umami, aged and fermented! Taste your way into Japanese cuisine, learning about koji (the backbone of so many important Japanese food products) and the tasty fermented bean paste it helps create. Each ticket includes 1 beer on draft from Two Frays! Sign up link in bio

02/18/2026

new virtual workshop tonight! sign up link in bio

02/17/2026

This past weekend was the second month of our Winter Fermentation Immersion Program. It's exciting to see microbes come to life within a group of interested folks, witnessing them evolve along with the ferments. In January we focused on fermented vegetables and lactic acid bacteria, and this week we pivoted to fermented beverages and condiments, touching on wild soda, vinegar, kombucha, tibicos, hard cider, cultured nut cheeses, kanji and veggie kvass. One student even brought in a microscope so we could zoom into the invisible world of microbes in wild soda and water kefir. The program is half way done, but there's so much more to cover! Next month we enter the world of mold and fermented beans, focusing on koji, miso, tempe(h) and beyond. It's also wonderful to come out of this weekend and launch right into Kojicon to learn more to bring to the next weekend of the program. Stay tuned for more updates!

02/13/2026

new virtual series, 1 workshop a week over the next 3 weeks! (join for whichever speaks to you, whole series registration is not required). embrace the creative possibilities within fermentation and culinary adventures! this is for beginner and intermediate fermenters, and pairs well with the album Butterfly 3000 by King Gizzard!
I'm often looking for ways to play more within fermentation, and sometimes when i'm focused on teaching and selling products I can lose that playfulness. with this series I hope to be motivated to play around more in the kitchen, and encourage others to do so within new and old fermentation practices. dust off those cobwebs! what's inspiring you these days? send me a photo of a ferment you had fun with lately, or tag me and share it with the world!

sign up link in bio

02/09/2026

the kombucha mother has so many uses! fermented tea, clothing, candy, fruit leather AND hats and masks for halloween costumes (or themed parties?). this wednesday we're popping over to our friends at to share all things kombucha and wild soda. sip on a tasty beverage from the bar and leave with a kombucha mother, a jar of soda to ferment at home, and plenty of ideas to creatively ferment and transform ingredients in your kitchen.

01/28/2026

We've made the difficult decision of postponing tonight's workshop, due to road conditions and frigid temperatures. Stay safe out there! See you on Feb 11th for booch and soda. If you already signed up and can't make the new date, email trevor at communitycultures.com for a full refund.

01/27/2026

Virtual workshop tonight! due to poor road conditions from Pittsburgh's snow dump, we're pivoting this power hour to a virtual setting. stop on in, learn how to make fermented ginger beer and fruit kvass, and receive the confidence to make it at home (with some pdf handouts to your inbox). workshop will be recorded and sent to all registered participants. sign up link in bio!

01/26/2026

This past week I finally picked up my copy of the new book The Science of Fermentation by Robin Sherriff before teaching a wild soda and vinegar workshop at . After the workshop I then hovered over the book at the bar, nerding away and sipping a deliciously crafted beverage from the brewery. I couldn't think of a more appropriate fermentation evening, an ode to the microbes and those who share the good word!

I highly recommend this book to all fellow fermentation enthusiasts out there, especially those who really like to understand WHAT is happening on nitty gritty levels and WHY. Robin's book is the perfect addition to your fermentation library, and rather than just being another book of the same old topic that have been done before, it adds depth into this ancient practice with well-researched science. This will be a new fav of the year! Cheers to the mentors, old and new:

01/20/2026

Next week we're wrapping up the january fermentation workshop brewery tour at , spreading the good word of kombucha and wild soda. Grab a tasty beverage from the bar, learn about fermentation, and walk away with a kombucha mother and a jar of soda to ferment at home. Grab a ticket while before they sell out! Link in bio

01/16/2026

Say hello to the second stop on our brewery workshop tour, stopping at to discuss all things ginger beer and fruit kvass (wild fermented low-alc bubbly beverages from Eastern Europe). More info and link in bio!

01/15/2026

The first stop of the 3 workshops, 1 week brewery tour - Wild Soda & Vinegar - is happening at Two Frays Brewery! Learn all things spontaneous, bubbly and acidic in this hands-on workshop! 1 beer on tap is included in your ticket. link in bio to signup!

01/14/2026

Workshops are back! 1 week, 3 breweries, full of bubbles and NA/low-alcohol beverages. learn more and sign up through the link in our bio! coming to
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