Recent content by homebrew93

Thanks for this thread. I read the original instructions but not all 35 pages in between there and here. I don't understand why the cider needs to be in the bottles at all to pasteurize? I heated my cider up to about 160 degrees and then removed it from the fire let it cool and put it in bottles...

I have a 7 gallon fermenter with about 5 gallons of apple cinnamon tea fermenting in there. (about 20 bags of apple cinamon celestial seasons, and about 15 bags of pomegranate tea to be honest) with 5 lbs of brown sugar. It bubbles pretty regularly. I have timed it because I use that as a...

This is my lil scoby-doo https://drive.google.com/file/d/1izIA_0VVR0Yjvc2QwO4ItXbNdeqdeOSE/view?usp=sharing

Just thinking.. what if you freeze it, how does that effect the taste?

Believe it or not, There is no sugar left in the taste. It all fermented out actually. Totally dry. I have them now sitting with cinamon sticks and a small amunt of cloves for a little kick. I know my recipe is a little wild. actually it is tame compared to my previous batch. that was like a...

Well I'll be durned.. I grew me-self a scoby. It looks like any other scoby and I tasted the starter batch. man is that stuff kombitchin! strong.. I read that you can use flavored teas on a second batch. so I mixed some pomegranate tea with the black tea and some green tea in there as well for...

Maybe I have an unsophisticated pallet. But I tasted this stuff and I think it's yummy. Wanting to know what the clarification time and shelf life on a dry cider is. I plan to drink it in march time for a family gathering. How long should I let it sit now and settle? When should I bottle...

Ok thanks. IT's gross that our drinking water contains all this crap. Different question for the room here. I woulnd up adding the kombucha and scoby bits. But the sugar wasnt really all fully dissolved. I had used more sugat than I think I should have. So there is some sugar crystals on the...

Quik question. I am pretty much going to aerate this. It is a small quantity. Only about a quart or so. This is my first time and I am just doing a test run anyhow so not using a lot of water. How long does it take to get the chlorine out? the water has been heated in an urn anyhow for quite a...

When you guys say you are using filtered water, are you using tap water that was filtered with like a catridge filter? That is what I have under my sink. Nothing fancy.

It's green and black and looks like mold. I'll post some pics. So basically what you are saying is make 100 ML of black tea with 7-10 grams of sugar. Let the tea cool off and let the kombucha gunk on the bottom warm up to room temp and put the two together so they can boogie?

My starter must have been bad. All i got is mold... I think..

I just put this together. This is my first batch of more than a gallon at a time. Although I have made a few smaller batches so far with decent results. The ingredients below were boiled up now and will go in a 7 gallon fermenter with 1 - 2 packets of Red Star Cote de Blancs Wine Yeast. My pot...

THanks for the input guys. I figured what do I have to lose and bought a $3 bottle of ginger flavor kombucha from that compnay to give it a try. I have a different question. - I used foodgrade tupperware made of plastic. I know there is concern for leaching chemicasl from plastic BUt can I use...

End result is about 96 fluid ounces and a small jar as well I dont know how much it holds. But it is id say maybe about 20 fl oz? What makes you ask?