Brewing Scooby Update

If you read my previous post, Brewing Up a Storm, you will know that I had started my very first batch of kombucha. During it's brew time, we experienced some colder weather, and our house was too cold for Scooby (the name of my brew) to maintain optimal brewing temperature. I ended up wrapping it in a heating pad, but it's temperature still fluctuated quite a bit, which is not the best for brewing kombucha. Or so I read.

On day 7 of Scooby's brewing, I brought it out of Jason's office (sometimes the warmest part of the house) for a test.

For those that are curious, you can kind of see the SCOBY floating in there, and the new baby is on top.

Brewing Up a Storm!

Last month, Jason made a few online purchases and told me to look for some packages to be delivered. But, I couldn't open them and he wouldn't tell me what all he had ordered. He kept implying that maybe he had ordered my birthday present, but my birthday is still several months away. The one thing I did know that he was getting was a Mead Making Kit. When the packages started showing up, he always opened them in secret, and only showed me the stuff for his mead making. One night, he randomly mentioned that he had my birthday present in a good hiding spot. A day or so later, he randomly said that maybe he should give me my gift now; he said it could be a "happy day gift" instead of birthday. I tried to tell him that he could wait until my birthday, but he said he didn't want to wait. And, after disappearing for a few minutes, he returned with a gift bag. I asked again if didn't he want to wait until my birthday, and he said no, it should be a "happy day gift," and to open it. This is what he had gotten me:

A kombucha brewing kit! I was shocked, for sure. I'm almost positive that Jason does not like kombucha, and typically does not participate in all of