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I've been using 9 bags. I saw a recipe only using 4 How many do most of you use per gallon. Thanks

Maybe my SCOBY hotel didn't get kept clean enough. I don't know. Sicker than a dog. Twice. My question is, can I rinse off my best looking SCOBY and add a tablespoon of vinegar to my next brew? I don't have any good starter tea. Thanks for any help/ideas

Can I use it for Kombucha? I'm in remote Mexico and ran out of organic black tea. All I have is Earl Grey. Thanks.

I do 3 gallons at a time and store the starter tea with the mothers. The longer time between brews it seems the mothers suck up the starter tea and I end up short. Can I use some of my kombucha as a starter? It's mildly flavored with blueberries and ginger. Thanks.

Just read the label of Iodophor and was surprised how toxic it is. Does anyone know of the lease toxic sanitizer product out there? Thanks.

After you dry hop, how soon do you cold crash? Looking for opinions. I usually dry hop for 2-3 days, then cold crash for 2. Thanks.

Anyone ever used Chinook for dry hopping? How did it come out? I've got some to use up. Thanks.

WTH? Chilled bottles. Super foamy fills. Maybe an air leak? Does it mean the stuff in the bottles will be flat? Thanks for any info....

I brewed 10 gallons. Put it in 2 fermenters. One came out clear. One cloudy. What could be the difference? Only difference was dry hopping different hops in each. Both were cold crashed. Any idea what is going on? Thanks.

For 3 days. Will That overcarb it. I set it last night and left for work and forgot to release it and set for 15 psi. I'm at work for 3 days. Thanks

It's been 3 1/2 days of dry hopping. Now I'm cold crashing it. Never really heard how long you want to cold crash for. Anyone have some wisdom? Thanks.

I want it to be cleaned up. Also the lowest final gravity I can achieve. Thanks for your thoughts.

After it's done fermenting and at the right ph, my scoby has been real thin lately. I always add a scoby and starter tea at the start. The scoby I add at the beginning is thicker from previous batches. It usually sinks and the new scoby forms on top very thin. Any suggestions? Thanks.

A friend started a 2 gallon batch and is pretty sure he put in 3 cups of sugar and 2 cups of starter tea. After 3 weeks, still sweet. I ph test striped it and I've never seen the color on the top section, green, not even a shade for that on the scale. What do you think? Dump it and start...

I gave a friend a mother and a cup of starter tea in a sealed mason jar. He never got around to making tea with it. It sat in the jar for about a month, in a cupboard, not refrigerated. I took it back and want to use it. The mother and tea look fine, but there was what looks like mold on the...

How many of you use heating pads to help brew. This cooler days make my batches take twice as long to get the right ph. I just bought one to try it out. Thanks for any input.

How can I get more after I bottle? Thanks.

Is it gluten free?

There is a small SCOBY in my bottled kombucha. I bottle when it taste right and 2.8-3.2 ph. I leave the bottles on the counter a couple days to help with a little carbination, then put them in the fridge. All are growing a see through mother. The only thing I add is about 4 blueberries. Is...

I never have and things seem to turn out fine. Does everyone out there rehydrate? Safale 05.