I’m thinking this is under-fermented because of the big bubbles with the smaller ones. Crumb is also slightly tacky. 75% hydration and 20% starter (I actually use a 50% hydration mother dough as my starter— perhaps that’s also giving me the tackiness?)

by snoringkitty43

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  2. mikeTastic23

    Tbh, this looks perfectly fermented to me. Larger holes will happen from time to time. The larger hole looks like it is only a relatively small pocket with no tunneling I can see. When you see tunneling (large hole existing throughout the entire loaf) you can safely say it was under fermented.

  3. Brownbear2003

    It looks delicious. Enjoy the journey!

  4. InksPenandPaper

    Don’t over think it. Crumb is fine.

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