How To Bottle Homebrew Kombucha

Using a funnel fill your bottles most of the way full with kombucha.

How to bottle homebrew kombucha. To make your own organic kombucha. Brew vessels and bottles should get a long rinse in hot water. The less you have the more carbonation that you will have. If there are yeasty or crusty bits that get stuck to the glass you can scrub with a clean sponge or scrub brush.

Pour kombucha into airtight bottle or jar using a funnel pour your fermented kombucha into your airtight bottle or jar. Materials is almost as much work as the brewing itself. Your kombucha will have little floaties in it. Just place a non metal funnel into a clean bottle and pour your kombucha into the funnel.

Go here to learn more about the f1 process and here to learn about the best type of vessel to use for f1. You can bottle and drink your kombucha straight away or get a bit creative with a second fermentation to add new flavourings and create natural carbonation. We generally fill ours up to the point in the bottle where the sides start to curve into the neck. Leave 1 2 1 of headspace at the top of your bottle then close your bottle.

Make sure to leave 1 5 inches of head space to avoid pressure build up. Place a scoby with 1 cup starter tea in a 1 2 gallon brewing vessel. Fill the bottle almost to the top leaving a maximum headspace of 1 or less. If this bothers you strain your kombucha through a non metal sieve.

Soak 1 tb loose leaf tea or 4 tea bags in the hot water for 10. At the end of first fermentation you ll have unflavored largely un carbonated kombucha. 2nd fermentation f2 is when you flavor your kombucha and bottle it for around 3 4 days at room temperature to create carbonation. Bottling your kombucha now place a funnel into your clean bottle and pour your kombucha right into the bottle.

Post brewing guide if you ve come to this post you must have finished a batch of kombucha congrats. Now it s time to bottle your brew. This is not at all like brewing beer where cleaning your. Drawing off finished kombucha from the continuous brew primary ferment vessel ready to bottle and flavor.