Please excuse my ignorance in this matter, but I can't seem to find the answers to my questions about making and kegging 5 gallon batches of Kombucha.
I just received my Kombucha Scoby, and tea which is enough to make 5 gallons. I was planning on boiling up 5 gallons of water, steep the tea for 10-15 minutes, dissolve the sugar in the water, then place the Scoby in the liquid after it had cooled. I was going to use a 6 gal plastic bottling bucket with spicket(never used) place the lid on it with a airlock filled with Star San. I could taste test the tea after 5-7 days using the spicket to see if it is ready.
Once complete to my liking, I could put the tea in a corny keg, place it in the Kegerator under CO2 10 psi, let it carbonate, then enjoy.
I would take the left over Scoby and place it in a container, with some tea in the fridge for the next batch.
Does this sound like a feasible method? How long would it take to carbonate? What would the life expectancy be of the tea kegged, and the scoby in the fridge?
Sorry for all the questions, and please let me know what I should, or should not be doing in this plan?? I realize I am a total newb to all of this, and may be way off in my thinking process.
I just received my Kombucha Scoby, and tea which is enough to make 5 gallons. I was planning on boiling up 5 gallons of water, steep the tea for 10-15 minutes, dissolve the sugar in the water, then place the Scoby in the liquid after it had cooled. I was going to use a 6 gal plastic bottling bucket with spicket(never used) place the lid on it with a airlock filled with Star San. I could taste test the tea after 5-7 days using the spicket to see if it is ready.
Once complete to my liking, I could put the tea in a corny keg, place it in the Kegerator under CO2 10 psi, let it carbonate, then enjoy.
I would take the left over Scoby and place it in a container, with some tea in the fridge for the next batch.
Does this sound like a feasible method? How long would it take to carbonate? What would the life expectancy be of the tea kegged, and the scoby in the fridge?
Sorry for all the questions, and please let me know what I should, or should not be doing in this plan?? I realize I am a total newb to all of this, and may be way off in my thinking process.