First Time Fermenter! Rate My Scoby

[BrewaDrewa]

Hello everyone out there in Kombucha Forum land!
I am a first time brewer/fermenter of kombucha after getting the idea from a friend and have taken a great liking to the process and well as the great flavor and benefits of the beverage! I started out with a smaller, palm sized Scoby and after one quart sized batch I decided to ramp up production into a 5 gallon bucket (about 4 gallons in the batch!). My Scoby seems to be doing well and the kombucha tastes delicious but I would love some second opinions of the look and health of my Scoby. She is kept in a 5 gallon food-grade plastic bucket that has been sterilized throughout the whole process (bucket, tea, sugar, cloth etc. all sterilized). She has grown a bunch in the past few weeks and looks pretty crazy!
Also, feel free to post pictures of your scobys, I have seen some people doing a similar sized batch and it looks similar or even better!
Thanks and Blessings to everyone!

 

[chumpsteak]

Looks like lots of yeast in the pellicle. Not an issue I don't think but mine is much smoother and whitish cream colored. I would probably ditch that pellicle next time and just leave .5 gallons of scoby (kombucha) in the bucket for the next batch. It will for a new pellicle in a few days. If it tastes good though it's likely fine. More yeast just means more alcohol right?😆

 

[BrewaDrewa]

Thanks for the info/ opinion chumpsteak! I think I'm going to transfer this bad boy into another pail for a new batch and keep some liquid in here for a new scoby!

 

[BrewaDrewa]

So a quick update for anyone interested, I pulled the scoby out and transferred her to a new batch, lo and behold under that funky surface was a healthy, smooth scoby! Keeping some liquid in the old pail to hopefully grow another scoby!