raketemensch
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I made a batch with maple syrup instead one time, and it was delicious. The recipe came from the Noma fermentation book. I can't do it all the time though, as it's quite expensive.
I also wanted to keep the scoby healthy over the long term, to build a continuous system, and apparently using things like maple syrup (or things without tannins?) can really shorten the life of a scoby.
Now, though, I have that continuous system cranking out 2 gallons of booch every week and a half or so, and I end up with a nice, healthy scoby in my "drinking jug" that I toss at the end of each cycle, so I figure that it's time to start experimenting more.
I do a lot of other fermenting, so I'm wondering if I can just feed it pretty much any sort of sugar? Is there just a safe starting gravity for it?
I also wanted to keep the scoby healthy over the long term, to build a continuous system, and apparently using things like maple syrup (or things without tannins?) can really shorten the life of a scoby.
Now, though, I have that continuous system cranking out 2 gallons of booch every week and a half or so, and I end up with a nice, healthy scoby in my "drinking jug" that I toss at the end of each cycle, so I figure that it's time to start experimenting more.
I do a lot of other fermenting, so I'm wondering if I can just feed it pretty much any sort of sugar? Is there just a safe starting gravity for it?