first time fermentation

[jrobles]

im growing my own scoby this brew has been sitting for 6 days now i have 2 gallons (1 gallon) each and need some advice or help. is it coming out good or still too early to tell?

 

[hottpeper13]

That looks good,you might want to bump your temp up a bit,mine form a complete scoby cap in 6 days. When you walk past it and smell something like vinegar you can start tasting(that is why a tap on the bottom of your vessel is important). At first you will let it go until perfectly tart for your liking and then bottle. Once you have that time frame down you can start to bottle earlier and get the tartness and carbonation you want. I bottle 3 days before it's tart enough and add a small amount of sugar and get perfect carbonation,if I wait until it's perfectly tart in the fermentor, then the carbonation is lack luster.

 

[jrobles]

thanks so much for the response and information i just adjusted the temp for a more warmer environment and it is forming abit better within 10hrs of doing it, i do have a tap on the jars so a few more days in the warmer temp and ill begin my taste process