Wise Goat Organics — Spicy Garlic Gut Tonic - Raw & Organic

The living brine from the Good Food Awards-winning Spicy Garlic Kraut: heavy on garlic, slow-building heat, and full of live cultures.

A gut tonic is the liquid that forms when vegetables wild ferment in salt brine, and it is where the Lactobacillus cultures are most concentrated. This one is drained from Wise Goat's Spicy Garlic Kraut, so it carries fermented garlic and red Fresno pepper along with the cultures, lactic acid and enzymes of fermentation. It is raw and unpasteurized. Garlic has been used across cultures for generations to support the immune system, and fermentation mellows its harshness while keeping its character. This is the strongest-tasting tonic in the line and the best one to cook with.

Who this is for

• You already reach for garlic and chili when you feel run down
• You want a probiotic shot with enough bite to feel like it is doing something
• You cook a lot and want a live-culture liquid for deglazing pans and marinades
• You like the strong stuff and find plain kraut brine boring

How to use

Start with one ounce a day, straight or with a meal, and work up to a shot glass. Drink it cold or over ice. In the kitchen, use it to deglaze a pan, as the acid in a marinade or vinaigrette, or splashed into chili after cooking. Shake gently before pouring.

Ingredients: organic cabbage, red Fresno peppers, organic garlic, sea salt. 14 oz. Keep refrigerated. Live and fermenting, so open slowly over a sink.

Made by Wise Goat Organics in Hollister, California: a small, woman-owned, USDA Organic certified fermentery run by Mary Risavi, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, in small batches in glass and stainless steel with produce grown within 20 miles of the kitchen. Two-time Good Food Awards winner.