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| *Brewing at a constant 24 degrees | | *Brewing at a constant 24 degrees |
| *Managed to do fruit prep but had executive dysfunction and failed the rest | | *Managed to do fruit prep but had executive dysfunction and failed the rest |
| === 2022-07-05 to 2022-07-19 === | | === 2022-07-05 to 2022-07-19 (Current) === |
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| * Aimed to harvest after a week, took two weeks | | * Aimed to harvest after a week, took two weeks |
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| *Bottle R is a third apple rest kombucha | | *Bottle R is a third apple rest kombucha |
| *Bottle 4 is half apple rest kombucha | | *Bottle 4 is half apple rest kombucha |
| *2022-07-22: Chilled bottles 5, 7, 3, 6 | | *Will chill first four bottles on 22nd |
| *2022-07-23: Taste tested
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| *3 was good but watery taste with a thick composition
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| *5 had a watery taste and composition
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| *6 had more of an apple taste with nice fizz, good composition
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| *7 was fizzy and tasteless, thick composition
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| *I didn't stir, so I might have to see if there's a relation between bottle order and taste
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| *I wonder if I caught the brew as it transitioned from sweet to sour making it bland
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| *2022-07-25: Chilled bottles blank, 2, R, 4
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| *4 was watery but fizzier and stronger
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| *2 was kind of flat, not much taste
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| *blank was kind of sour though I opened it late
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| *I gave R to a family member
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| *I bought more flip top bottles
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| === 2022-07-19 to 2022-08-11 === | | === 2022-07-19 (Current) === |
| * Aim to harvest August 2nd, 10 days later | | * Aim to harvest August 2nd |
| | *Clean bottles, brew tea and do fruit prep the day before |
| *Brewing at a constant 24 degrees | | *Brewing at a constant 24 degrees |
| *I just blended up 6 apples (1.5 litres) and mixed it with the 4 litres of Kombucha
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| *I added 6 desert spoons of sugar to the mix for the last 3 bottles
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| *I'll start my next brew from the SCOBY hotel when I feel like it
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| *Brew is a lot more even and less explosive
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| *The brew was way too long, it all tastes sour
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| === 2023-01-06 ===
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| * Leaving my SCOBY hotel alone with no maintenance for 4 months got it to mold
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| * I had checked my SCOBY hotel a week or so earlier to find no mold
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| * Honestly I wasn't having good Kombucha results anyway
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| * Might move on to another brewing hobby
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