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 the top instead of bubbling, and a new SCOBY forms, creating a gelatinous SCOBY with all the yeast inside.
Background: I've tried two batches of hard booch. Here's what happened:
First batch: Fermented 2 gallons of sweet tea into kombucha, then took these steps:
Second batch: Fermented another 2 gallons of sweet tea in kombucha then,
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Problem: I've been trying to get high alcohol booch, but the added yeast ends up floating on the top instead of bubbling, and a new SCOBY forms, creating a gelatinous SCOBY with all the yeast inside.
Background: I've tried two batches of hard booch. Here's what happened:
First batch: Fermented 2 gallons of sweet tea into kombucha, then took these steps:
- Dissolved 2 cup sugar into 2 cup water and cooled to room temp
- Added one package Lalvin 71-B to sugar water and let stand for 15 minutes
- Poured with kombucha into 19-litre glass carboy, stopped with airlock and let sit at 22 degree C for 3 weeks.
Second batch: Fermented another 2 gallons of sweet tea in kombucha then,
- Dissolved 2 cup sugar into 2 cup water and cooled to room temp
- Added on package Safale S-04 to sugar water and let stand for 15 minutes
- Poured into a 2 gallon carboy with airlock and let sit at 22 degrees.
Any ideas?
Thanks!