traveling and KT

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I'm resending this because it never made it to the list:

> I will be travling this summer (4months) and wondering if i can

>keep the brew making up in a moter home, no space in fridge to store

> Can i store KT in bottles like wine bottles capped

Some people say that KT in champagne bottles will store outside

refrigeration, but I haven't tried it. More on this below.

> How can store my starter scorbies for 4 or 5 months with out

>loosing them

Allan, What you might do is set up your brews as per usual with your

SCOBYs, and cover with the usual fabric, but then add a couple layers of

waxed paper, and rubber band them down. The wax paper will help reduce

evaporation, and when you return you should have lots of acidic starter/KT

vinegar for culinary uses. By setting them up with the usual amount of

sweetened tea, it will have lots of liquid to evaporate before a problem

ensues. Although, 4-5 months is a long time.

Another, probably better, option would be to put your SCOBYs in a single

gallon jar and float in sweetened tea or finished KT. Take along with you,

and top up as necessary to keep them floating. That might be the most

foolproof. So basically you'd just be taking them along to babysit, not

brew with.

> can i take 5 gallons with me and drink with out refrigeaeration

>

> I have a 5 gallon glass jar that i could cap and this would last

>me 5 weeks but again no way to keep it cool

This would be the way to avoid the problem of bottles exploding, because

you could simply vent the cap on the 5-gallon jar regularly (as you would,

getting your daily ration out). However, without refrigeration it will

continue to ferment, so by the end of the time period you would probably

have VERY acidic KT there. However, all you'd have to do is dilute it and

possibly sweeten it. That seems to me to be the better choice than trying

to put it in smaller bottles, safer no doubt.

these are my thoughts.

--V

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