Is this Skoby ok?

[AndrewNB]

Hi, I am brand new at this and have had my first batch of Kombucha fermenting for a week. Just want to see if the Skoby looks ok? I had a few hiccups making it and hope I haven’t contaminated it.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

It is kind of hard to tell but doesn't look like any fuzzy mold on there to me. That black bubble mid-left looks weird but scobys are pretty weird in general. I would keep an eye on it and proceed as usual. I would say if you finish the batch and examine it you can cut off anything that looks suspect. There are plenty of pictures online of gross infected scobys and this doesn't look like those to me, but I have never had one go weird yet.

 

[RPh_Guy]

I don't see any mold.
I don't think there's anything that would "contaminate" it besides mold.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Paw2020]

Hi there!

Can you please take a look at my first scoby? I’m a bit scary of put it in the bottles and drink it.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi there!

Can you please take a look at my first scoby? I’m a bit scary of put it in the bottles and drink it.

That looks perfectly fine to me, the dark junk hanging off the "main" SCOBY is yeast I think but if there is no mold in it drink 'er up!