Re: Switching Keifer Grains to Water

[Guest guest]

i think the smell is the milk rotting, or souring beyond belief. that happened

to mine too. what i did was change out the water every couple days, rinse the

grains with fresh water and put them in sugar/water mixture. mine are now in

grape juice, and they make a strange fizzy concoction but the milk is defintely

gone. they're a funky purple color now. took a week or two.

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Hi all,

I've been successfully keifering milk for a couple years now, but I'd

like to make keifer water and beer, and other drinks...I read on Dom's

site (I think) that you can convert milk keifer grains into water

keifer grains by keeping them in water for a period of time. Well,

mine have been in water at room temp. for awhile now, and the mix

smells AWFUL. I've been changing the water, and I even put some

sucanant in there to feed the grains...any advice? am I killing my

babies?

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[Guest guest]

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Oh, good...so I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing. What is strange

about the grape juice keifer?

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[Guest guest]

:Message: 54763 From: Received: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:55 PM

:Subject: Switching Keifer Grains to Water

:

:I've been successfully keifering milk for a couple years now, but I'd

:like to make keifer water and beer, and other drinks...I read on Dom's

:site (I think) that you can convert milk keifer grains into water

:keifer grains by keeping them in water for a period of time. Well,

:mine have been in water at room temp. for awhile now, and the mix

:smells AWFUL. I've been changing the water, and I even put some

:sucanant in there to feed the grains...any advice? am I killing my

:babies?

,

Dairy based grains cannot be converted to water kefir grains.

They will eventually disintegrate and die. Chances are your

dairy grains have been permanantly damaged depending on

how long they have been in water at room temperature.

Dairy grains can be used to ferment batches of non-dairy

media by putting them back in milk in alternating batches or

using a media that is at least 50% dairy/50% non-dairy.

Your best bet would be to also obtain the non-dairy water

kefir grains.

Blinky

[Guest guest]

it has a bubbly consistency with a taste similar to wine, but without the

alcohol. it reminds me of the smell of making wine when i did that last

year. if you leave it for too long it's almost too tart to drink.

Re: Switching Keifer Grains to Water

,

Oh, good...so I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing. What is strange

about the grape juice keifer?

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