Recent content by Ruthie

My first Scoby I grew from a bottle of GT's original flavor (I don't recall if it was enlightened or not) and after I grew the mother for about 3 weeks I was able to brew 'bucha! So yes you can do it (I should've mentioned that I did this last January) From my experience though kombucha from...

Wow, thanks for the info! I finally cracked into my experiment and it did taste/smell slightly beery to me. But it also still sweet, which was fine, cause when I tasted it before finally bottling it it was way way sour, so I added some honey to it. Anyhow, I will try this again, but I think I...

Yeah, a shot of vodka and kombucha would do the trick :P

I have no idea

@n240 The bacteria does eat up the alcohol, if there is oxygen. By putting an airlock on it the CO2 can escape (which I guess is what the yeast gives off when it turns the sugar to alcohol) while keeping the oxygen out which will keep the bacteria "at bay" so to speak. There is probably a tool...

@orillian I wasn't trying this out on the initial kombucha batch. I just took a bottle that would've been going thru it's 2nd fermentation (for making it fizzy) and stuck a balloon on it with a little pinprick in it as a make-shift airlock. I wonder if any alcohol forms in the initial batch at...

Ok, so I tasted it again today and it tasted really sour, not vinegary, but just sour. Anyhow, so I bottled it and added honey for sweetness. So I'm gonna give it a few more days and taste it again. The other kombucha that I made with this concoction/batch was really delicious, though I got too...

Hey guys, I am new to this site. Lately I have been trying to look up how to make a more alcoholic 'bucha. I dont have ANY experience with brewing beer nor do I have the equipment, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience with just putting an airlock on a 2nd fermentation and what...