Re: My brew and scobies made it

[Guest guest]

April...so glad your move went well and your brew has not suffered!!

Perhaps we can begin to refer to fizziness by how long it takes to safely

open a bottle. ; - )

A five, ten, or even fifteen minute fizzy bottle!

Good luck in your new home!!

Happy brewing...

Gayle

My brew and scobies made it

> Well folks, I had to move over the past weekend and had two gallons of

> brew

> going. I didn't want to waste them or stop the brewing process early so I

> just set the jugs in a box and moved them as it. Oh, moved my scoby hotel

> too. It appears everything came out just fine in the move.

>

> I had some bottled KT in the frig and moved that too. I thought I had put

> all of it back in the frig after the move but found a jar sitting in the

> bathroom this morning. Guess I must have taken it in there thinking I was

> going to drink it and then forgot about it. It's been sitting for four

> days. I brought it to work to drink. I had to slowly release the fizz.

> I've never had a bottling this fizzy before and it was interesting to see

> how much fizzier it was having sat at room temp for four days.

>

> Someone commented on how a brew that takes longer to brew in cooler

> weather

> has a different " sour " taste to it. They were right. This brew, while

> tart, is not the mouth-puckering sour like vinegar. When I brew my KT in

> the summer, it tends to get much tarter -- more along the mouth-puckering

> sour.

>

> It's always interesting to see how different brews behave. I'm glad to be

> moved. Now I just have to find the bottles to harvest the two gallons I

> moved!!

>

> --

> April

[Guest guest]

Hi Gayle! That one was definitely a 10 minute fizzy bottle! Even after

releasing all the pressure and leaving the cap off, it was very bubbly and

effervescent. Almost like I'd put an Alka Seltzer in it. It took about 20

minutes for me to drink it and that fizziness lasted to the end! It was

very good and I think when I harvest the next gallon, I'll let the jars sit

on the counter for 4-5 days before refrigerating to see if they do the same

thing.

The bottle I have today is tart but sweeter and not as fizzy. It was a

15-second fizzy bottle! It's from the same batch but was kept refrigerated

after being harvested.

It's always interesting to see all the different things that KT does.

--

April

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On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 6:30 PM, G S Marks <gsmarks@...> wrote:

> April...so glad your move went well and your brew has not suffered!!

> Perhaps we can begin to refer to fizziness by how long it takes to safely

> open a bottle. ; - )

> A five, ten, or even fifteen minute fizzy bottle!

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Well folks, I had to move over the past weekend and had two gallons

of brew

> going. I didn't want to waste them or stop the brewing process

early so I

> just set the jugs in a box and moved them as it. Oh, moved my

scoby hotel

> too. It appears everything came out just fine in the move.

>

> I had some bottled KT in the frig and moved that too. I thought I

had put

> all of it back in the frig after the move but found a jar sitting

in the

> bathroom this morning. Guess I must have taken it in there

thinking I was

> going to drink it and then forgot about it. It's been sitting for

four

> days. I brought it to work to drink. I had to slowly release the

fizz.

> I've never had a bottling this fizzy before and it was interesting

to see

> how much fizzier it was having sat at room temp for four days.

>

> Someone commented on how a brew that takes longer to brew in cooler

weather

> has a different " sour " taste to it. They were right. This brew,

while

> tart, is not the mouth-puckering sour like vinegar. When I brew my

KT in

> the summer, it tends to get much tarter -- more along the mouth-

puckering

> sour.

>

> It's always interesting to see how different brews behave. I'm

glad to be

> moved. Now I just have to find the bottles to harvest the two

gallons I

> moved!!

>

> --

> April

>

>

> Hi everyone....Kombucha greetings and salutations.........I wanted

to jump in here on the tail end of April's post cause we are moving

soon also..........2000 miles back to Oklahoma City, leaving Feb 28th.

I have had the roughest time the past 3 months brewing my KT. We

started last year in March and it was relatively warm in Okla, so I

had never brewed in the winter months til this winter and the balance

in my KT is so messed up. I've tried everything I've read in this

forum and on line to no avail. My last 4 gallons went 13 days and

tasted just as bad as the previous ones of 8 and 9 days, whereas all

summer I just went a straight 7 days and got the perfect KT for us.

I have modified the recipe, cutting back on tea and sugar and

increasing the tea and sugar, neither has helped. I have always

prided myself on the delicious tasting KT I have been able to

produce, but now it is a " chore: to get it down and I don't even know

if it is beneficial as it tastes so different. It has reallt been

frustrating.

I am seriously considering dumping all my scobies and when we get to

Oklahoma start all over again with brand new scobies and starter tea.

I will stop in Boise, Id on the way back and pick up some of GT

Dave's to drink on the trip.

One of the things that puzzles me is my 85 yr old step mom brews in

Oklahoma and she said she never had any problem at all this winter

with her brews. I do not know what happened but I sure trust I can

get going again, and by the time winter rolls around next year I hope

to be able to avoid the fiasco of this winter CAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE

OUR KOMBUCHA, and we like to enjoy it and savour it not ENDURE it.

My stepmom does not save her scobies so I will probably come on line

when we get settled and call upon my wonderful friends on this list,

to see about getting new scobies.

Thank you guys for all of your wonderful contributions to this

forum....I read it religiously everyday, but seldom write in unless

someone starts to put down KT, then I get my feathers ruffled and

write in and give our tremendous testimony of what KT has done for us.

See you in a few weeks~~~~

Kombucha forever~~~Lonnie

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----- Original Message ----

From: lmccalip <lmccalip@...>

........My stepmom does not save her scobies so I will probably come

on line

when we get settled and call upon my wonderful friends on this list,

to see about getting new scobies...........

Can't you persuade her to hang on to the odd one or two 'till you get there?

Nn. England.

[Guest guest]

I will stop in Boise, Id on the way back and pick up some of GT

Dave's to drink on the trip.

Lonnie,

When will you be in Boise? I live about 45 minutes from Boise and if

you are not going to be here in the next week or so, my baby SCOBY may

be old and strong enough to take a trip. This is my first brew, so

anything can happen. I will be happy to help you with a new SCOBY if I

can do so. Please drop me an email if you re interestee.

Pam In ID