Recent content by calebhanson

This is great! Are you brewing a variation on a beer, or is it more of an ad-hoc recipe? We've done a few variations, and it's tricky to select a tea and a beer recipe that complement each other. And let us know how the maltodextrin works out, we found when we tried it that the fermentation...

Fruit flies!!! Ugh, they're the worst. I agree with KYT, toss the scoby and watch the batch. In the future, one good way to help keep them out of your batch is to point a fan at the top of the bucket / jar, so that there's a breeze blowing across the top. Double up your cheesecloth so it's 2...

Yeah, that looks like it's going to take. I'm guessing there was a little chlorine left in the water, just enough to inhibit the SCOBY growth, but not kill your batch entirely. If you want to speed it up, I would recommend getting an unfiltered raw kombucha (GT's Trilogy should work, and is...

Hey ScoobyDude (have I seen you on Subaru forums too?), kyt is right. You should definitely have SCOBY by now. First off, did you use tap water? The little amount of chlorine in tap water will impede SCOBY growth and really trip you up. You need to let it off-gas for a day or so before using it...