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I let that batch sit 11 days before I bottled. The hydrometer reading had advanced from 1.050 to 1.040 and hadn't moved for a couple days, so I figured it was done. Then I guzzled a cup of it to see if I felt anything...nothing. Haha. So I figure that batch was a bust and I moved on to another...

Hey Zid, Thanks for sharing this info as you go. I'm on my fourth batch of hard booch--still no luck, but I'm hopeful for the one currently in the 2F tank. My progress reports are posted under thread "Hard Booch Headaches" Did you end up taking any gravity readings? When you say the batch with...

After my last batch of hard booch didn't work as outlined in previous posts, I bottled it as regular booch, adding flavours and let it sit for a couple days to get fizzy. On day two, one of the 1-litre growlers sitting on top of the fridge exploded, raining booch and glass across the kitchen...

Alright, next batch I'll try a different yeast. I'll keep posting until I get it right. Thanks for your help!

I've taken a gravity reading. OG was 1.044 Current reading is 1.040 Google gave me this formula for calculating kombucha ABV: (OG-FG) x 132.715. So that's only 0.5% ... which means I'd have to drink all of it and a bottle of gin to become a better dancer :ban: It is still sweet and starting...

I bought a hydrometer and used it for the first time before adding the latest Safale S-04. OG-1.044 I guess you're suggesting I take another reading now to see if it is fermented. Two questions: will opening the lid to get some out for testing have any effect on the fermentation process? do...

In my original attempt to add yeast, I had put it into 2 cups sugar/2 cup water mixture. When that didn’t work, I strained the booch and then added yeast in the way you suggested. At that time the booch was really sweet, so hadn’t fermented. I haven’t tried it again since adding the yeast...

Hard to tell from the photo....how'd it turn out?

Photos from 5 days into the second fermentation and still the same issues: new pellicle is forming no bubbling activity It has been sitting at 22 C wrapped in a towel. I followed these steps: Added package of Safale S-04 to 1 cup 95 farenheit water and let sit for 15 mins Added two oz of...

Thanks for the comments, RPh_Guy, and for all the knowledge sharing. I think you'll have your work cut out for you correcting the SCOBY/pellicle/snot pancake label, but you've got my support. Pellicle from now on...:yes: I've got a hydrometer to take some readings. Fingers crossed this next...

Found this post/set of instructions for adding yeast from RpH Guy in a previous thread. I'll try adding new yeast this way and see if it works better.

Looks ok to me. No green or blue mold present.

Some photos of the SCOBY in 2F from the second batch on day 4

I've got a good handle (or so I think) on making regular kombucha, but am new to making hard booch so this post could be filled with basic idiocy...feel free to point out, poke fun at, whatever... :) Problem: I've been trying to get high alcohol booch, but the added yeast ends up floating on...