Independent Fermentations Kombucha

09/29/2026

Countdown to Oktoberfest continues...It's this Saturday October 3!
Our annual Oktoberfest celebration starts in the biergarten at 1pm and goes until 5pm with live music, great food, and, of course, German-style b**rs.

At IndieFerm we specialize in German and Belgian b**r styles. During the festival we will feature not only our very fine OkTUBAfest Marzen L***r (cause it isn't Oktoberfest until you hear the tuba play), but also our other German-style b**rs. And we make a lot of them including Pilsner, Dunkel, Altbier, Berliner Weiße, Hefeweizen, Gratzer (admittedly that's Polish, but close enough) and Schwarzbier (also called Czech Dark L***r on the Czech side of the border). That's 8 out of 12 draft lines leaving just enough room for a couple of IPAs and other b**rs to round out the selection.

And, it is a fundraiser for the Plymouth Schools Music Association. IndieFerm will donate $1 per pint sold during the festival to the PSMA.

09/26/2026

We have a new flavor of kombucha on tap to try: Honeybush Lemon Ginger. Tasty!!!

08/11/2026

We will be having a kombucha home brewing class on Monday Aug 24. This hands-on kombucha workshop includes a healthy SCOBY and kombucha kit with ingredients and instructions on how to brew your own kombucha. Reserve your spot at

Learn how to make healthy kombucha at home.

06/12/2026

Saturday's weather is looking great for the 3rd Annual Plymouth Pickle & Fermentation Festival! We have lots of drinks, food, music, education, and fun!!

Quench your thirst with fermented beverages including b**r, w**e, c***r, mead, kombucha, tepache, jun, and coffee. We also have root b**r for the kids.

Tempt your taste buds with kimchi, pierogi, pizza, donuts, ice cream, sauerkraut, and (of course), all things PICKLED!

Learn something new about fermentation such as anaerobic composting, homebrewing, different bacteria/yeast that help your gut microbiome, spying on yeast under a microscope, and make your own sauerkraut.

This year we are adding a culture swap - trade your SCOBY for sourdough starter.

So dive into a day of pickling and fermenting fun at IndieFerm. It's going to be a big dill.

See ya Saturday.

06/09/2026

Vendor Highlight: Caracara Custards & Sorbets. It's not a festival without ice cream, custard, and sorbets. We are excited Madison is returning this year with his amazing flavors - cheers to pickle- flavored ice cream!
https://www.instagram.com/caracaracustards/

New activity - We are will have a culture swap table this year. For example, bring some kefir grains, take home a sour dough starter. Meet others who love to ferment and tell them about your culture!

We still have seats available in the workshops: Coffee Cupping/Tasting (1030-noon); Cheese 101 Tasting (1230-2 pm); Fermented Pickles (2:30-4 pm). See www.independentfermentations.com/events for registration information.

We've added two new vendors: McClellan C***r and SCOBY Art by Blaithin

Confirmed vendors include: Edible SEMA, The Pretentious Pickle Company, IndieFerments, Plymouth Bay Winery, Cara Cara Custards and Sorbet, Al's Backwood Berries Company, Hidden Hollow Soaps, Crazy Uncle Red's, Suenos Chocolates, Florence Street Foods, Maggie's Pierogies, Johnny B's Rockin' Doughnuts, Og's Kimchi, Lost Art Cultured Foods, Tom the Pizza Guy, Bokashi Anaerobic Composting, SCOBY Art by Blaithin, McClellan C***r, and Black Feather Horse Rescue (nonprofit).

Activities/Demonstrations include Bokashi Composting, Make-Your-Own Sauerkraut, Homebrew Demo, Culture Swap, and Science/Sensory Lab.

Music by: Tall Richard & Darren, and Dennis James and the Beyond

Wondering what’s going on in the taproom or at the shop? Here’s where you can find out.

06/03/2026

Today starts the 10 day countdown to the 3rd Annual Plymouth Pickle & Fermentation Festival.

Confirmed vendors include: Edible SEMA, The Pretentious Pickle Company, IndieFerments, Plymouth Bay Winery, Cavacava Ice Cream and Sorbet, Al's Backwood Berries Company, Hidden Hollow Soaps, Crazy Uncle Red's, Suenos Chocolates, Florence Street Foods, Maggie's Pierogies, Johnny B's Rockin' Doughnuts, Og's Kimchi, Lost Art Cultured Foods, Tom the Pizza Guy, Bokashi Anaerobic Composting, and Black Feather Horse Rescue (nonprofit). Invited vendors (TBD) include Jim's Organic Coffee, Buzz'd Meadery, Great Hill Blue Cheese, and Burke's Hot Sauce. Activities/Demonstrations include Bokashi Composting, Make-Your-Own Sauerkraut, Homebrew Demo, Culture Swap, and Science/Sensory Lab.

Watch this page for more updates as we get closer to the event date.

02/18/2026

Kombucha class this Saturday at 1 pm at IndieFerm. Includes brewing kit, SCOBY, and kombucha tastings. Learn to make your own kombucha at home. Email [email protected] to sign up.

12/30/2025

It is definitely Maple Chai season. We make it year-round, but it seems to bring out the holiday season cheer.

10/03/2025

Join us tomorrow and help support the Plymouth Schools music programs while having a great time..

09/18/2025

From Thayer Street to Camelot Drive, with a lot of miles and years in between, the Dogmatics are coming to IndieFerm on Saturday September 20th.

Back in 1985 or 86, a couple of friends and I went to the Rat in Boston to see a band we had heard was really good. We had also heard their tunes on WBCN a few times. And, they were great as we expected. The were the perfect blend of punk, rockabilly, and just straight ahead rock and roll energy.

At the end of their last song, they invited everyone to join them for an after hours party at their loft on Thayer Street. At the time, the area was a sketchy sh*thole, now it has been "revitalized" as the Ink Block.

Did they really just invite club full of drunken rock and roll people that they don't even know to their home? Us included? Who does that?

Of course, we went. It was 40 years ago and I might have had a few b**rs so the details are a little foggy now, but we had a great time partying with the Dogmatics and a whole lot of other people until the early hours of the morning. They even gave us b**rs. As it turns out, this was not an unusual thing, the Dogmatics had a lot of parties at that place, but I only went the one time.

We made it back home to the 'burbs and nursed a hangover for a few hours, but I never forgot the generosity and spirit of the Dogmatics that night even though I didn't see them again for decades. I was talking about Boston music with Tim Downie in the IndieFerm taproom early this year and the Dogmatics came up in the conversation. He says, I know them, I used to be their road manager. "Really? Could you get me in touch with them, I would like to see if they would play at IndieFerm?"

Long story short (kinda long actually), this Saturday is the day that it is gonna happen. After 40 years, I get to repay their generosity and throw a party featuring them at IndieFerm. It is an honor.
And they wanted to bring some friends with them, so now it is a 4-band-all-day-rock-and-roll spectacle. The music starts at 2:30 and will wrap up sometime around 7PM.

And, we will be featuring on tap, while it lasts, the Dogmatics Rocky Nook Kolsch. You see, the Dogs don't live in that loft anymore. They live in Kingston, Rocky Nook to be precise. It is an easy-drinking light (but not lite) b**r in the German Kolsch style. We will have cans available to go also. That is the label below with a then and now montage of the band. 40 years is a long time, isn't it.