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Understood. Hard to believe that a scoby would just show up. I'll post pics later.

So, I brewed some black tea, added sugar and poured it all into the Arizona container. It's now about 3/4 full and sitting on the kitchen counter. Going to leave it there for a while and watch.

Cleaning out the fridge, I found a gallon of Arizona Sweet Tea that had about 1/4 left. Took it out and the liquid was separated (clear on top and darker on bottom) with about 10-15 small, round, dark discs floating. I poured out some into my hand and caught one of them. It's soft, mushy, formed...

Sounds like you did everything perfectly. And, it looks great. Please let us know how it turns out.

The amount of finished product was equal to the volume of water that you used to cook the rice with? That is interesting. I wonder if that's a coincidence for your batch or if there's a correlation with all batches and no one ever took notice? It makes sense (water in = wine out) but, if this...

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LOVE that Stanley container. Reminds me of the one my grandfather used back in the 70s. Drinking Gatorade. Long hot day.

Nice....after a few days, the yeast will be so active that you'll get a "current" flowing. When my batches are in full action, the cinnamon stick will actually drift around from side to side and top to bottom and swirl around the carboy.

Yup, this is fine. I've done many batches and maybe 1 or 2 didn’t separate. The rest have all separated no matter how well they were originally shaken. The yeast will power right through it. It's actually pretty cool to watch the yeast make it's way down and get to the honey as it progresses...

Hoping it was meant as funny but, if not, then he should be dreaming of other things. Keep doing your thing Kev. FU€K the haters.

I thought we were going to see some heavy duty scotch drinking????

Very cool. Still can't get over how clear that bottle of wine is. Any pictures of the process?

Good point on the choice of rice. I was referring more to the process and equipment.

This is a very good article for people who are new to making rice wine. In fact, it's good for people who are experienced in making rice wine. Well done job by the author. And, there's a link for buying Yeast Balls on eBay. Very cool indeed...

Agreed. Although it smells very much like sake, the taste of the end product using jasmine rice and yeast balls is much better than the sake I've had. Although, the sake I'm used to is the kind found at sushi restaurants. To me, it kinda tastes like warm dirty dish water. This stuff (the recipe...