I have been brewing and drinking my own kombucha for years. I like the taste, I like the bubbles, and it's a fun and relatively low-maintenance hobby in the realm of brewing things (way less involved than beer, for instance). What I'm wondering is if there is any actual known proven non-woo benefit of drinking the stuff. There's so much crap online it's difficult to sort through.
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posted by fiercecupcake
on Mar 17, 2013 -
7 answers
I'm on a quest for inexpensive (over the long haul) home carbonation. The big limit here is NO PLASTIC. HomeBrewFilter?
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posted by kalessin
on Jun 2, 2012 -
18 answers
I'm a novice homebrewer looking to brew something similar to the pre-2011 versions of Four Loko / Joose. Would anyone be able to provide information on a clone homebrew recipe for the caffeine, taurine, and guarana versions of Four Loko / Joose?
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posted by disguise
on Apr 12, 2012 -
10 answers
Is there any appreciable difference between making homemade sodas by adding carbonated water to flavored syrup and making them by carbonating a more watery/liquid flavored base in a soda siphon?
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posted by rhiannonstone
on Jan 1, 2012 -
6 answers
Some of my homebrew beer bottles with crimp-on tops broke when opened.
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posted by cmoj
on Dec 8, 2011 -
10 answers
For homebrewing, is a kegging system enough of a convenience to justify the extra cost?
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posted by y6y6y6
on Oct 2, 2011 -
15 answers
I am trying to make hard cider and am having issues.
It has fermented for two weeks steadily and burbled the airlock nicely.
But no change in gravity reading and no taste of booze.
I don't understand. If there was gas release then the yeast was active.
I had this happen last time too. I introduced yeast twice, watched air action, etc.
I make beer and wine but am about to give up on something that should be easy but is inexplicably diff.
Help!
posted by kturner
on May 3, 2011 -
19 answers
Is it still possible to hack a Wii? If so, what is the homebrew "killer app"?
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posted by jozxyqk
on Apr 6, 2011 -
8 answers
So yesterday I brewed a batch of beer and I think I've done a few things wrong. I know it's hard to completely screw up beer, but I wonder if what I've done (or not done) is a problem, and how I can correct if necessary.
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posted by elsietheeel
on Dec 13, 2010 -
20 answers
Building a new garage. It will include a dedicated space for brewing fabulous beer. Technical design and planning questions inside.
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posted by BrooksCooper
on Mar 21, 2010 -
7 answers
I want to make mustards. But wait! I want to make them so I can
then make beer-enhanced mustard-based barbecue sauce. Is this a fool's errand?
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posted by Shepherd
on Mar 12, 2010 -
5 answers
Google-fu failed, has anyone found a PDF reader for the NDSlite for use with an R4 card?
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posted by lizbunny
on Nov 4, 2009 -
5 answers
Are there any good alternatives to 2L soda bottles for fermenting and storing home-brewed ginger beer?
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posted by goingonit
on Oct 7, 2009 -
18 answers
Any good ideas for quickly cooling a 5 gallon stock pot full of homebrew Wort without scalding myself or others?
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posted by Amby72
on Sep 24, 2009 -
20 answers
I am going to keg my homebrew for the first time and take it to a friend's wedding. I have the CO2 system set up and I have checked it for leaks and practiced with H20. Everything is set to go. I need some help about what do next however, because I have to transport the beer twice and I don't have a fridge to keep the beer in (my plan is a cooler and ice). Here's the scenario: Beer is ready to be kegged, the wedding at which it will be served is in 14 days. The beer is in a carboy two hours away from my home and I will need to transport it to my home this week before the wedding. Then, two days before the wedding I will need to transport it from my home 5 hours away to the wedding. What would you do?
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posted by Packy_1962
on Sep 4, 2009 -
9 answers
[HomebrewBeerFilter]: In the vein of the "should I eat it" questions. I'll cut to the chase - I have had beer fermenting in a 5-gal glass carboy for over TWO YEARS.
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posted by pkphy39
on Jun 19, 2009 -
22 answers
Wine- (and beer-) making without buying a kit: What kind of equipment to buy, and where?
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posted by mudpuppie
on Jun 8, 2009 -
16 answers
[video camera hardware hacking filter] Is there a way to hack/homebuild a p2 card for the Panasonic p2 system? How would I enlist help in this endeavor?
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posted by history is a weapon
on Mar 1, 2009 -
2 answers
My Nintendo DS has a mic-in and headphone jack. I want to be able to send a signal from my amp/mixer/etc. to the DS for processing in the DS audio homebrew I've downloaded and send the processed signal out to the mixer/amp/etc.
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posted by lekvar
on Aug 15, 2008 -
4 answers
I'm looking for a serial-port temperature controller thingie for a bizarre cooling system I'm building, for a beer fermenter.
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posted by geodave
on May 18, 2008 -
11 answers
I just got an R4DS, but I am at a loss for what homebrew to look into. What should I be running on my R4?
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posted by MaHaGoN
on Dec 28, 2007 -
6 answers
What would I need to do to legally sell my homebrewed beer? I live in Washington State.
posted by bajema
on Jul 20, 2007 -
13 answers
I'm interested in homebrew for the Nintendo DS. I've seen the threads
here and
here but am interested in the June 2007 hotness. What should I get?
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posted by blueshammer
on Jun 5, 2007 -
10 answers
i need to find a "fresh" bottle of chimay red, so i can harvest the yeast for a wicked-awesome batch of homebrew. problem is, i'm in d.c...
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posted by garfy3
on Feb 1, 2007 -
23 answers
Homebrew Filter: I am looking to homebrew a Samuel Adams Utopia clone, but I am having difficulty finding a clone recipe. Do any metafilterites have experience of ideas about how to do this?
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posted by battlecj
on Jul 24, 2006 -
14 answers
Thinking about building my own PC. Looking for smallest possible form factor barebones system with Socket 479 (Pentium M).
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posted by Kwantsar
on Dec 16, 2005 -
14 answers
BEER! Looking for tips, resources (.ect) useful to a beginner in the art of
homebrewing.
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posted by spock
on May 31, 2005 -
39 answers
