Recent content by blackplaid

So... upon further analysis, fuzzy blobs mean yeast city. Successive ferment left me with zero signs of bacteria activity, more carbonation than a can of soda, and my sunken "scoby" started hot air ballooning out the top of the jar. Oh, and it smelled like warm acidic dough meets warm stale...

So..... You tried it, right? :P looks yummy. >_< On topic! Strained my batch out and it tastes pretty darn fine to me, for the first real batch to come out of my rehydrated scoby. Bottled it with some grape and cranberry juice two days ago now. Pretty stoked for the end result...

Cool. I'll probably get back to you soon, then, if it is fine.

It seems like no mold i've ever heard of. Think it could be maybe cross contamination from beer or something? I do have it on top of my fridge and my downstairs neighbors frequently like to play music that rattles my floor and everything resting on it. maybe just rogue yeast cultures that...

Soooo... I'm completely new to this whole kombucha brewing thing. I actually got a starter culture for my birthday (dehydrated, from local co op.) Went through the whole rehydration process and started my second batch with the original scoby and some of the original brew. It's about day six now...