Yemoos Nourishing Cultures Forum

With ginger beer, how fizzy it is varies greatly. My gbp tends to be more fizzy than my water kefir even when fed similar recipes. Occasionally I will get a ridiculously fizzy ginger beer right after its done brewing. But usually its very mild. Less than a coke I would say. But then I will let it si...

Try burping the jar or opening the lid every few hours to deal with the massive amounts of carbonation. Or try a little less juice. It is not recommended to use juices during the first ferment as I heard it can irritate the grains.

Alex

It's fairly common to see a scoby with ginger beer. Ginger beer plant can be a long ferment and any long ferment can have accumulation on the surface like which resembles a scoby. I wouldn't worry. I see scobys quite often with my ginger beer and it still smells and tastes great.

Alex

Hi Kripaa, Rinsing is not ideal as you can wash away some good surface bacteria, but the occasional rinse should be fine. So if you just can't get those strands or pieces, a light rinse should be okay. Water kefir should NOT be thick. It should have the consistency of water. Sometimes it does get go...