Anyone here got any scobys they can part with?

[Eoin]

I've started two kefir scobys, one from a commercially bought kefir and one from an old jar that I had standing around for about two years and decided to bring back to life. I've not consumed any kefir from them yet, but will shortly.

I am interested in a kombucha scoby, is anyone making it?

I'll happily give up some kefir grains once I am happy that the scobys are where I'd like them to be.

[Eoin]

Somebody must be fermenting something apart from beer and wine......nobody?

I can buy the scobys on amazon....not thrilled about that option.

[Ciderhead]

That was like my wife talking about shoes, all I read was blah blah blah, what the hell is that stuff

[Eoin]

That was like my wife talking about shoes, all I read was blah blah blah, what the hell is that stuff

Scoby...a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.
It's a bit like Yoghurt making, you take kefir grains and then ferment out either milk or water with sugar and fruit added, and you get either lemonade or a fizzy yoghurt. They are probiotic drinks.
There is also Kombucha which is fermented sweet tea, this uses a scoby on top, kinda like when you find a fruit juice that's stood around with the lid on after being contaminated, that raft on top of it is a scoby.

[Eoin]

A few scobes in this

I was expecting that a little earlier to be honest.

[Eoin]

Words like kefir threw me so I just blocked them out. Then it all made sense!

Have you never had kefir? It's quite nice stuff. It's a bit like fizzy yoghurt, takes getting used to but is nice.

[Eoin]

Kefir Sutherland.

hur hur hur

[Eoin]

Bumping this in case anyone has any microbes that they can part with,.

[jagal]

Hiya,

Just wondering if you got any Kombucha scobys in the end? I'm on the hunt...

Or even if you know of where to buy a bottle of real raw unpasturised kombucha, apparently you can grow your own from that...

[Eoin]

Hiya,

Just wondering if you got any Kombucha scobys in the end? I'm on the hunt...

Or even if you know of where to buy a bottle of real raw unpasturised kombucha, apparently you can grow your own from that...

Yeah I've not come accross anything in the meantime. I'm on a facebook group called wild fermentation and I have my own 5L crockpot of sauerkraut on the go at the moment but I'd still like a kefir scoby or a Kombucha scoby to be getting on with. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WlidFermentation

I had some really old kefir in the fridge from about two years ago (brewing fridge) that I had left completely unattended, so I tried to restart that but had no confidence in it in the end and threw it out.

I also haven't been able to find any live kombucha in Ireland, but then I've not looked too hard, but I did look in a mega Tesco a few weeks back in the UK and they also had none

[CARA]

Tiny company in Smithfield make Kombucha, I'm sure they'll sort you out. I saw kefir on done deal or adverts the other night, free of charge too

[johnrm]

I'm picking up kefir grains tomorrow. I know not the same, but any interest?

[johnrm]

Just read OP.

[Bubbles]

Some Kombucha equipment here if anyone's interested:

http://www.homebrewwest.ie/kombucha-193-c.asp