Recent content by snrusnak

Thanks for all the info. I just tasted it again and it is still pretty sweet, so I'm going to let it keep working. After I tasted it the SCOBY sunk, which I don't think is necessarily a bad sign from what I've read.

I think the brew is doing well. The baby SCOBY is about 1/8" thick (been ~ 8 days but a little on the cold side). It is now more like 70 deg. I sipped the brew and it is still super sweet/sugary but tasted good just like tea. No signs of mold or black specs, etc.

Thank you! So I brewed my first batch on 11/21. I bought a starter kit on amazon (poseymon). Don't know if that's good but it was cheap so worste case I'll start with a different starter. I used 2 family sized black tea pouches and 3 small green tea pouches. I boiled 1 gal then after...

Hello, I have been an infrequent home brewer of beer over the past few years, and sort of got sick of it. I can buy better craft beer, cheaper, and save my weekends for more productive work. I recently had some kombucha and loved it. Seeing as it looks much quicker, easier, and will...

Hello! I live on the Gulf coast and my brother and i started home brewing beer a few years ago. We don't do it too often anymore, and I've recently discovered kombucha which I really like. It helps that it's supposedly healthy as well and keeps the wife off my back about "drinking too much"...