Homebrewing too? (Kombucha)

First off i found this accidently at wholefoodst today at lunch...it kinda grossed me out after reading the wikipedia article.

Has anyone had this or tried making it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha

Very interesting. Similar technique to racking a brew and pitching on the yeast cake.

I'm sure Landhoney's alreay made a Kombucha Grand Cru.

Doesn't sound any grosser than beer... when looked at from a microbiological point of view. However, I don't like tea, so I'll stick to beer

shafferpilot said:

Doesn't sound any grosser than beer... when looked at from a microbiological point of view. However, I don't like tea, so I'll stick to beer

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You could always try cola.

i've been attempting to drink some all afternoon... it's different to say the least, i bet with a little research i could cultivate this tea into more more of it...

but i dont know if i'm that adventurous.

olllllo said:

I'm sure Landhoney's alreay made a Kombucha Grand Cru.

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No, but my friend mike has:

http://madfermentationist.blogspot.com/search/label/Kombucha

He did a Flanders Red style using Kombucha, and my recent 'gift' contains some Kombucha culture in the mix:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=47551

I haven't used it yet though.

landhoney said:

No, but my friend mike has:

http://madfermentationist.blogspot.com/search/label/Kombucha

He did a Flanders Red style using Kombucha, and my recent 'gift' contains some Kombucha culture in the mix:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=47551

I haven't used it yet though.

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Is your friend the guy that James Spencer interviewed recently? I remember them talking about this stuff.... and having ZERO desire to replicate what he was making...

I'll stick with my Samuel Jackson.

the_bird said:

Is your friend the guy that James Spencer interviewed recently? I remember them talking about this stuff.... and having ZERO desire to replicate what he was making...

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Yes he is, he doesn't like it enough to continue making it either. I haven't tried it, and I don't think he's planning anymore 'all Kombucha' batches.

At least it's not Jenkem.

Sounds intereresting, but I don't think that I'd ever brew it. I wouldn't mind trying a sample though.

ohiobrewtus said:

At least it's not Jenkem.

Sounds intereresting, but I don't think that I'd ever brew it. I wouldn't mind trying a sample though.

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Well, I'll make up some sweetened tea, pore it through my gym socks, bottle it, and send it right over to ya

isn't acetobacter the stuff that turns wine into vinegar?

I wouldn't mind putting some seat tea in a 1 gallon jug with some Saccharomyces cerevisiae and seeing what happens.

does not sound good ill stick with my beer
id take a long island ice tea though

z987k said:

isn't acetobacter the stuff that turns wine into vinegar?

I wouldn't mind putting some seat tea in a 1 gallon jug with some Saccharomyces cerevisiae and seeing what happens.

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I was thinking that too. I'm not crazy about mold or bacteria....... Unless of course we start talking about cheese. Mmmmmm I love me some cheese.

Speaking of this topic, I was searching craigslist for old refrigerators and found this posting: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/for/511171899.html

Im suprised the posting hasnt been flagged, isnt there something semi-wrong or illegal with selling this?

is this stuff in any way similar to the mikes hard iced tea?

About 15 years ago, one of my kid's babysitter used to make that stuff at my house. I never could get up the nerve to try it.

mr_stimey said:

Speaking of this topic, I was searching craigslist for old refrigerators and found this posting: http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/for/511171899.html

Im suprised the posting hasnt been flagged, isnt there something semi-wrong or illegal with selling this?

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Its like selling yeast, nothing illegal right?

mrk305 said:

About 15 years ago, one of my kid's babysitter used to make that stuff at my house. I never could get up the nerve to try it.

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There is something wrong with that statement.

landhoney said:

Its like selling yeast, nothing illegal right?

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I suppose if its just the culture....but yeast/culture or not it just seemed like an item that would fall under prohibited items on craigslist....I guess I can check

cheezydemon said:

There is something wrong with that statement.

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I totally concur...