Any fellow sauerkrauters here?

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Started a 5lb. batch of sauerkraut last month. Last time I had checked it the brine was starting to change color but it still tasted like salty cabbage. Checked it yesterday at about the 4 1/2 week mark. The brine is definitely sauerkraut colored. Most of the cabbage still looks like cabbage but it is starting to have a mild sauerkraut flavor instead of tasting like salty cabbage.
 
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Started a 5lb. batch of sauerkraut last month. Last time I had checked it the brine was starting to change color but it still tasted like salty cabbage. Checked it yesterday at about the 4 1'2 week mark. The brine is definitely sauerkraut colored. Most of the cabbage still looks like cabbage but it is starting to have a mild sauerkraut flavor instead of tasting like salty cabbage.
It only gets better with age 😉

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2 jars of carrots, 2 jars of beets with onions, one mustard seed/ dill cabbage and one caraway onion cabbage,
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the less full cabbage jar I was able to repack in a 2QT jar,, that one is the Dutch Flat Head cabbage,, it didnt have as much moisture as the regular green cabbage.
 

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Started a 5lb. batch of sauerkraut last month. Last time I had checked it the brine was starting to change color but it still tasted like salty cabbage. Checked it yesterday at about the 4 1/2 week mark. The brine is definitely sauerkraut colored. Most of the cabbage still looks like cabbage but it is starting to have a mild sauerkraut flavor instead of tasting like salty cabbage.
You must have a nice cool spot to keep you kraut
 
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