Hi I just started testing home fermenting to expand the hom cookbook. I have a few questions.

The jar is filled with:

• 1/5th dark bastard sugar, stirred;
• 1/5th bread yeast and some sesame seeds;
• 1 date for aroma;
• clear water

Set for a month now 1 week left and it is bubbling on the surface so the reaction has set. Can I consume this to test the results or should it be refrigerated first? What kind of tools other than glass jars with valves should you have to make fermenting better?