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My kefir beer turned out good. I did it with a malted barley sirup and a bit of molasses hopped wort. The taste was sour and good. I guess it could be much better with a "real" wort, i.e. mashing the grains. Since I don't have much time and equipment lately I am just doing kombucha and mead...

Thanks! It would be great to hear about the outcome! I just got my kefir grains so I am waiting for them to grow a bit more and I'll try tossing them in wort. I was thinking about using unhopped wort and then just adding hop tea. But I'll try also with a hopped wort.

Hi! Seems like no one has written in this post for a while. I am going to try to activate it like yeast! I want to brew a kefir beer and I was wondering about a couple of things... Does anybody know if water kefir grains thrive on wort? Also if the wort is hopped? If hops do not allow...