First Scoby - damaged shipment Help!

[leakygutgal_newbie]

Okay

This Scoby just arrived: Brine was dripping everywhere inside the huge box Amazon supplied. I've never tried to brew anything before, but the scoby itself looks okay to me and there's about 4 ounces of liquid left. Can I salvage this? And if so, how?
Should I just put everything in the clean brewing jar with sweet tea? The remaining fluid smells like apple cider vinegar but haven't tasted it lol! I have organic ACV with the 'mother' on hand here tonight and I just had some GT's kombucha delivered from Walmart but it's kinda cold. Anybody have suggestions to salvage this project? Thanks.

 

[Kickass]

I think you’re fine. Make a base sweet tea with standard tea/sugar ratios and add the scoby with the remaining liquid. Scoby’s, in my experience, are relatively hardy

fwiw, all of my scoby’s have come from GT original. They build quickly

 

[hottpeper13]

Maybe you want to do 1/2 gal first as a starter as 1 gal would need 8-12 oz of booch starter.
The scoby is incidental as one will form from using the booch fluid as a starter.

 

[NeoBrew]

Absolutely use it. You are essentially going to grow new scoby all the time anyway. All you need is the microorganisms to get things started.