3b. Re: Blue Green and Amber Bottles

[Guest guest]

Hi Ed and EveryOne,

If anyone has a KT that " goes off " and smells like nail polish

remover, (ketones), they should throw it away. Same with KT that

smells like sulphur as sometimes happens with certain types of sugar...

BTW has anyone on this list ever had KT that smelled like nail polish

remover or contained Ketones??? No one here has ever reported it..

Healthy Brewing EveryOne,

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

-- In original_kombucha , " Ed Kasper LAc "

wrote:

>

> There are times when the KT does go off (see Len Pozio

> Kombucha balancing Act) and create a foul smell or something

> like nail polish remover. Len cites the likelihood of

> foreign bacteria as the culprit.

>

> Beer and wine producers know exactly what is in their

> ferments, however home-brewed KT is often produced from a

> variety of bacteria and yeasts, and most ferments contain

> numerous species though only one or two dominate. Where I

> may be fine with my ferment yours may act differently. Since

> foreign bacteria or wild yeasts may only slightly or not at

> all affect our KT, I would say to use brown bottles when

> considering long term storage.

>

>

> live free and healthy

>

> Ed Kasper L.Ac. A professional kombuchaist

>

>

>

> 3b. Re: Blue Green and Amber Bottles

> Posted by: " Beau Barrett " Beau.Barrett@...

> madferment

> Date: Wed Aug 2, 2006 12:01 pm (PDT)

>

> I homebrew beer too and can shed some light on this.. Bev

> you are correct in both cases.. It's the glass, but it's

> also the beer...

> There is a particular component of the hops in beer that

> gets altered by exposure to UV rays, this is perceived as

> the skunky aroma and flavor. It is true that brown bottles

> protect against this (UV) the best and every homebrewer I

> know usually tries to avoid bottling in clear or green

> bottles..

> The reason that some beers in clear or green bottles don't

> seem to suffer is because these beers are bittered with hop

> extracts that don't have this " UV skunkable " compound rather

> than whole hops.

> On a side note I have heard from more than one person that

> those skunky green bottle imports are excellent when enjoyed

> locally (at or near the brewery)..

> As for Kombucha, I don't think that light is a big harm, so

> any food grade glass is OK IMO.

> Beau

>