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It worked really well. Yes I added another cup of sugar to the fermented batch (after taking out the scoby and before adding the yeast)

Batch 3 is looking much better!! This time I've used Lalvin ec-1118 and also added Cellar Science Go-Ferm Protect Evolution to the rehydration water.

The batch was brewing for far too long - only bottled it a few weeks back. It tastes ok, kinda like apple cider, but I think the alcohol content was low and the third fermentation (with added juice to increase the carbonation) didn't really take. Trying another batch in the next few days. Got...

Update from the field - the brew has restarted bubbling for a bit, then stopped again. I've opened the jar and tasted it the other day and it was very sweet. Weirdly, it started bubbling again after being opened and handled. I guess i should look for different yeast..

I'm sorry, I meant ounces not cups. I've added 2 ounces of lukewarm kombucha to 1 cup of warm kombucha (bringing the temperature down from 93f to 78f. I haven't tried taking the gravity readings - I'll need to buy a refractometer for that. Any suggestions what should I do? It's been sitting...

Resurrecting this thread. So I bottled the batch after a couple of weeks. I think I should have left it longer as there were still bubbles coming through the airlock. It tasted good after the third fermentation with some fruit juice, but not very alcoholic. Anyway, another batch of kombucha...

Thanks for the replies!! Yes I do have a thermometer, shouldn't be a problem to follow your suggestions. So just to clarify, you don't add any additional sugar for the second fermentation? Would you put more sugar in the first fermentation? Or it's enough for the yeast to feed on that residual...

Ignore that last image called new_yeast - that's just a weird bubble that grew in there. I've also tried activating more yeast today, it's been looking like this for about 2 hours:

I've been making my own kombucha for about a year now. Recently, decided to graduate to some hard kombucha, using Boochcraft recipe (https://boochcraft.com/diy-high-alcohol-kombucha/). I've never tried to homebrew anything so I'm not really sure what I'm doing, and something's not right. The...