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I know I'm not in the right section since this is about kombucha. I did not find a section on Kefir so I apologize. But kombucha is the closest on this forum. Does anyone culture Kefir? I recently acquired kefir grains and started them about 60 hrs ago. At this point they seem to have not...

I am in the process of designing a piece of equipment that will be used for malting barley, or grain for that matter. I haven't drawn any blueprints yet but when I do, I will post them. I have searched the internet for any ideas or even if there is equipment that is manufactured for "small...

In the past I've built a half ass electric brewery with a 10 gallon Gott HLT and MLT. The mash tun kinda works, but leaks out of the valve. I chose a 1/2" valve and had to drill out the cooler which caused problems. And the same goes for the HLT. I haven't used the heating element in the HLT...

So I recently started building a kombucha mother along with cider and red wine vinegar mothers. Well everything was going great with the three until I moved them to the same cabinet. My vinegars didn't have any mother forming or any kind of film on the surface, but smelled of vinegar until this...

A week ago I started building a kombucha mother, at the same time I started building a cider & red wine vinegar mothers. The wife made me move all three of them to a cabinet together 2 days ago. Prior to this move, the vinegars weren't doing anything, but last night I noticed a film building on...

So yesterday I brew a gallon of sour ale. What does everyone think? The recipe/process is: 60% home malted pale wheat 40% unmalted wheat 9 IBU- Hersbrucker @ 60 min Dregs built up on a stir plate from Goose Island Sofie Double decoction mash of 30 min @122F, 30 @ 140F and 30 @ 158F. Pulled...

So, to lower costs (due to my future career path and still be able to brew) & to become more involved in the brewing process. I started malting my own grain. I found out that it's almost impossible to find barley in Arkansas, so I decided to start out with malting wheat. After brewing a...