Recent content by dialynn

Thanks, when I think about it I've been brewing in a tea jar with a spigot on the bottom, and when I bottle I've been running it straight from the bottom so the first probably has more yeast, right? This time I took my scoby out and stirred it first, so hopefully it will be more consistent.

I like to use chopped fresh ginger to flavor my kombucha for a second ferment. THe jar I use (almost a gallon) makes 5 bottles. THe last two batches, two of the bottles have fizzed up really nice ad the other 3 have been flat. What would cause this? Same amount of ginger, kombucha and headspace...

I haven't had a chance to try the grape juice yet, best laid plans, etc. I still plan to try it and will post the outcome. Thanks all of you for your replies.

I'm going to try a batch with the juice and adding a little sugar. I'll post the results when I get it done.

All the information I've found about flavoring with grape uses either grapes or commercial grape juice. I have a lot of grape juice I've canned, no sugar added just grapes cooked a little to help release the juice and then run through a mill and canned. It has a small amount of pulp left in the...

All I could find in my area was flavored GT. I like ginger anyway so I bought that, started with about 1/2 bottle with organic green tea bags and table sugar in a 1/2 gallon jar with a coffee filter cover.This was in January in a room that gets very warm during the day. In two weeks I had a...