Re: Not new but my first post...

[Guest guest]

Virtually nil, Pepper.

Those who purport to know say about as much as you'd find in a fruit

juice drink.

HTH (UK)

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pepper0171 wrote:

> I was hoping you guys could give me some info on the amount of alcohol in

kombucha. I have been brewing for about a year and I am giving it to my young

children. I really haven't given it a thought until I read about water kerif

grains and then thought that it was similar to kombucha. Also is there anyway to

tell for sure how much alcohol is in any ferment?

>

> Thanks,

> pepper

>

>

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[Guest guest]

you can purchase a hydrometer at any store that sells beer/wine brewing

supplies, i think they start at under $10. you have to take a reading of your

liquid before fermentation, and then compare that to the reading after

fermenting to get your alcohol percentage

 

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From: pepper0171 <pepper0171@...>

kombucha tea

Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:57:14 PM

Subject: Not new but my first post...

I was hoping you guys could give me some info on the amount of alcohol

in kombucha. I have been brewing for about a year and I am giving it to

my young children. I really haven't given it a thought until I read

about water kerif grains and then thought that it was similar to

kombucha. Also is there anyway to tell for sure how much alcohol is in

any ferment?

Thanks,

pepper

[Guest guest]

oh good, thanks for the info.

Is this true even with a secondary ferment?

pepper

> > I was hoping you guys could give me some info on the amount of

alcohol in kombucha. I have been brewing for about a year and I am

giving it to my young children. I really haven't given it a thought

until I read about water kerif grains and then thought that it was

similar to kombucha. Also is there anyway to tell for sure how much

alcohol is in any ferment?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > pepper

> >

> >

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> >

> >

[Guest guest]

most commercial KT is said to have about 1/2 of 1 percent alcohol (compare this

to a dose of nyquil at 10% alcohol - lol) but i think secondary fermenting may

give you a higer percentage. when i start my next batch, i will get my

hydrometer out and check.

dl

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From: pepper0171 <pepper0171@...>

kombucha tea

Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:16:42 PM

Subject: Re: Not new but my first post...

oh good, thanks for the info.

Is this true even with a secondary ferment?

pepper

> > I was hoping you guys could give me some info on the amount of

alcohol in kombucha. I have been brewing for about a year and I am

giving it to my young children. I really haven't given it a thought

until I read about water kerif grains and then thought that it was

similar to kombucha. Also is there anyway to tell for sure how much

alcohol is in any ferment?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > pepper

> >

> >

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> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Less sure of that I'm afraid, but don't reckon it'll be all that high

because if most of the sugar has been " swiped " by the little beasties to

make the good stuff with little, if any, alcohol then there won't be an

awful lot of sugar there for the (optional) second ferment, the main

purpose of which seems to be carbonation to achieve fizz. If fizz is a

secondary importance and you are truly worried don't bother and just

drink it " flat " until one of the " True Gurus " corrects my guesswork

;¬)

*B*

pepper0171 wrote:

> oh good, thanks for the info.

> Is this true even with a secondary ferment?

>

> pepper

>

>>

>>> I was hoping you guys could give me some info on the amount of

>>>

> alcohol in kombucha. I have been brewing for about a year and I am

> giving it to my young children. I really haven't given it a thought

> until I read about water kerif grains and then thought that it was

> similar to kombucha. Also is there anyway to tell for sure how much

> alcohol is in any ferment?

>

>>> Thanks,

>>> pepper

>>>

>>>

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