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I haven’t had any mold in my main kombucha brew, knock on wood, but I have been able to share out my culture to family and friends who want to start brewing kombucha, and for that reason I am glad I have a scoby hotel. Having a second culture alive and happy in case something…
I have been slacking on my kombucha brewing over the winter, but it is time to start it again. Come chat kombucha while I set up my continous brew vessel, and try to figure out what to do with 4 liters of vinegar.
All the cool fermenters talk about bone broth being a miracle for your health, and since I was sick for all of December, I figured I better get on this if I want to make it through the rest of the winter, lol. Apparently I have been kind of making this for my entire life,…
With too many berries, and not enough ways to preserve them, I started my journey into ferments with this rumtopf. And now with a few things under my belt, I am excited to pull this Christmas treat out and start enjoying it. Its a fairly simple recipe combining equal parts fruit and sugar in rum,…
I promised my grandpa that I would make quince liquor for Christmas when he gave me my quince. So 6 weeks ago I chopped up the quince, add sugar and alcohol. And because I need an excuse to try it because I am getting too impatient for Christmas, lol, I’m making a second one with…
Over the holidays, I always end up with a few half or quarter bottles of wine that I have no plans to drink, so rather than pushing them into the back of the fridge, I decided to mix them all together into a jar of wine vinegar. Vinegar is an easy ferment, it just takes…
Step by step clips of my 2 months of trying to make this apple cider vinegar, leads to a funny ending, in this Fermentation Friday video. I grew a couple of great mother of vinegars that will be very helpful for the future, but I didn’t ferment the tastiest vinegar. But you can get a…
Are you making more kombucha than you can keep up with drinking? Do what I did, and forget about a batch for a month or two – and tada, you have vinegar. I’m really excited to start making vinegar because I buy a lot of it, for clean and cooking. And the idea of having…
Moldy kombucha is a complaint that I hear about all the time, so I am experimenting to find out ways that can cause issues for your kombucha culture. So I try out 3 different ways to get mold growing, including using a crazy mold culture that I going to say I grew on purpose, lol.…
These pickles smelled too good to just dump into the compost because of a little (okay, a lot) of kham yeast. I should have dealt with these earlier, but life got in the way. So now, for fermentation friday, I try to rinse off the yeast, and hope for a good flavor even after my…
Okay, I grew the most perfect specimen of kham yeast that anyone has ever seen, and have proven myself to be the worst fermenter of all time, lol. If you are wondering what that funky stuff on the top of your ferment is, look no further for a kham yeast comparison, lol. Luckily, it isn’t…
Wondering how to make yogurt? Join Serina for Fermentation Friday, as she shows you her first attempt at making her own yogurt with really simple home tools – which was actually a success! I was a little intimidated by making yogurt because no one wants to mess around with stinky dairy, but this recipe was…
Fermented pickles seem like magic to me, but ideally I would like to be able to preserve pickles over the winter in my cold storage, and I’m not quite there yet. Serina shares how her summer pickles are doing for fermentation Friday. Some have gone moldy, but the sauerkraut is still going strong. With improved…
Kombucha is all about having a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, and my yeast is currently not at a healthy balance. To try and get my brew back to the best balance possible, this week I am cleaning my continuous brew kombucha vessel. There is too much yeast, and the yeast that is in…
This week I give brewing kombucha without a scoby a try. I have been seeing conversations about not needing the scoby culture mat to successfully ferment kombucha tea, and just using the starter tea, or even a store bought kombucha, so I gave it a try. And it was a great success! The kombucha brewed…
I’m no kombucha expert, but I have learned a few things since starting to drink and research this fermented tea. And I’m willing to share it with you. And most of all, I’m willing to share how much I am enjoying drinking and brewing it. Kombucha makes you poop. Kombucha needs (potentially dangerous) pressure to…
Does my sauerkraut look okay? Join me as I ferment sauerkraut for the first time. I show massaging, packing, and fermenting updates. Things look a little gross along the way, but my end product is some tasty spicy garlic sauerkraut. Love my crock? Buy your own here Kombucha: http://amzn.to/2uYzQoe 5L Fermentation Crock: http://amzn.to/2v1jIR0 2L Crocks…
In this video diary of my first attempt of second fermenting kombucha I have some success and some failure. I flavor my batch with fresh ginger. One bottle gets some mold that I show in detail, and another bottle gets drank! Can you guess what my husbands reaction is?
Welcome to Fermentation Friday! This week I made up a batch of pickled beans. I had some unwanted growth on the top of my brine, and spent most of the week trying to figure out if it was mold or Kahm’s yeast. I’m still not 100% sure, but everything tasted good, so I’m keeping it.…
Well, I definitely thought I was growing mold here. I have never brewed kombucha before, so I didn’t know what to expect. But as the days went on, an obvious mother began to form, and in the end I had successful kombucha! Here is my list of resources I found helpful and reassuring this week.…
We are starting a weekly series all about learning how to ferment! Every week we will be researching and trying out a new fermentation recipe, and giving you an update on the progress of our past ferments. Watch me learn from the beginning, or better yet, get in on the fun and ferment along with…
