Anyone Brew Kombucha?

To answer the question, yes, I brewed kombucha for years. I got tired of it and finally tossed out the SCOBY. Super simple. If you can do some rudimentary measuring and brew tea with added sugar in a more or less sanitary way you’ll get good kombucha. The thing that boggles me is the cost of the brewed stuff in stores. This i so much simpler and cheaper than making beer. How can they justify charging twice the price?

Just racked my first Kombucha. It was pretty dmn good. keeping it simple for now. Immediately put another batch in so the SCOBY doesn’t dry out.

Originally posted by bitbucket
To answer the question, yes, I brewed kombucha for years. I got tired of it and finally tossed out the SCOBY. Super simple. If you can do some rudimentary measuring and brew tea with added sugar in a more or less sanitary way you’ll get good kombucha. The thing that boggles me is the cost of the brewed stuff in stores. This i so much simpler and cheaper than making beer. How can they justify charging twice the price?

Originally posted by nuplastikk

Originally posted by bitbucket
To answer the question, yes, I brewed kombucha for years. I got tired of it and finally tossed out the SCOBY. Super simple. If you can do some rudimentary measuring and brew tea with added sugar in a more or less sanitary way you’ll get good kombucha. The thing that boggles me is the cost of the brewed stuff in stores. This i so much simpler and cheaper than making beer. How can they justify charging twice the price?

Brewing a lambic at home is a lot cheaper than buying one at the store. Most kombucha brewers are pretty dedicated to using really primo organic ingredients, which aren’t necessarily cheaper than beer. I see no shortage of overpriced bombers out there that probably make splurging on a 3-5 dollar 16oz kombucha more reasonable to the consumer.