Kombucha cider....

[Pdid84]

I've been brewing kombucha continually now for two months, mine ends up with a very tart cider like flavor..... So I was wondering "what else can I do with this liquid from the gods". I came across several articles about making kombucha wine, but somehow my mind got stuck on kombucha cider. Here is what I did

Kombucha stock:
2lb raw cane sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
8 cups black tea
4 cups oolong tea
Tea was seeped over night( extra strong)
4 cups starter tea from last batch
Rest of glass jar was filled with water make around 4-5 gallons of tea.

Scoby was added and was left to ferment for 6 days- then bottled for second fermentation for 3 days.

Cider stock.
honey crisp 3 apples
Pink ladies 4 apples
Gala 4 apples
All were peeled and added to a blender with 16oz of kombucha stock
Apple sauce mixture was then bottled and set aside for 3 days while I waited for yeast to Arrive.

Kombucha cider

Cider mixture was strained and added to a gallon glass jug with one cup of sugar this was a little over a half gallon- remaining was filled with kombucha stock, red star Champagne yeast (2/3) was mixed with warm water and a pinch of yeast nutrient.

Instant fizz and bubbling looks like it is going great.... Smells damn good.

So has anyone tried this before?
What troubles might I run into?
Will I get tasteful paint thinner or a great tasting cider?

Cider noob here so I'm not sure on time frames how many racks...

Thoughts???

 

[Pdid84]

this is what the brew is looking like

 

[aellis]

we think along the same lines, see here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/cider-kombucha-sour-cider-462038/

as an update, a couple weeks after i bottled mine, it had toned down quite a bit. i haven't touched it since then, but i think i should open it up and see where it is, maybe it's improved a bit more.

 

[Pdid84]

Let me know how yours turns out

 

[Pdid84]

Day four since yeast was added, occasional fart smell from air lock but overall has a pleasant smell to it