Arkwright

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I do not have a scoby but iv been curious.as to what fermented tea would taste like so I made some similar to the way I make wine.

2cups suger
1gal strong black tea
1/2 pound raisons

I mixed them together in my carboy
Fermentation peaked at 72 hours ended after 9 days at 1 bubble every 2 min.
I placed the brew in my fridge to speed clearing, it was clear after 5 days went from black to a light tan color.
I decided against aging since Iv no clue how well it will age nor did want to wait .
roughly 11% abv
The flavor is nothing like tea however very pleasant and hard to discribe.
It has a faint tea/nutty aftertaste
All in all I'd call this experiment successful and will be making more.
If I can find a scoby I'll try making it correctly :P

Rahahb

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I haven't had fermented tea made like you did, but I would guess that it is completely different than the kt that a scoby produces.

What kind of yeast did you use? Also, 11 abv and no aging? Man, I don't think I could stomach that.

Arkwright

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Used regular bakers yeast ,Alabama still has prohibition era laws active so legally Im not supposed to brew and no brew shops. As for taste as long as I sweeten it theres no prob but that's just me tho

Rahahb

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Dumb. I'd be ordering my stuff online and making beer regardless of alabama's backwards laws. Theoretically of course.

Arkwright

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Its largely unenforced. theres a bill going to the house to make it legal up to 100 gal a year per person. And legal to transport up to 20 gal at a time. Hope it makes it, took 3 trys to get passed the senate. Only Alabama and Mississippi still have those laws in affect.

Arkwright

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Bump..


Decided to bottle half of it The flavor of the rasions is much stronger however the flavor of the tea is now non existent . Overall the wine is much smoother and better tasting.
If anyone knows how to preserve the teas flavor id appriciate it.