Keep getting mold- update

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Well, as some of you probably remember, I had trouble with mold. I'm

sad to say, my troubles continue.

Just a quick recap, after cross contamination, I decided to continue

brewing. I had some backups in two jars and the main brewing jar. I

restarted a bit over two weeks ago. A bit over a week into the

process, one of my storage jars got mold - cross contamination at

work. Threw that one out. I was left with one storage and the main

brewing. Checked on it once every week and everything looked great.

Scoobies were getting nice and thick.

So, today, I decided to bottle the brew. To my dissapointment, the

main brewing jar has developed mold as well. It had a beautiful,

creamy, thick scooby. It smelled right as well. Another one goes

into the garbage.

I'm left with the last container. This one has a couple of the older

scoobies in there as well as the brand new one which is nice and

thick. I will make a new starter and get this one going between two jars.

Question, though. Once contaminated, is the mold just sitting there

and will surface sooner or later? I mean, my last brew looked good

for almost two weeks and then something happened.

I'm very sad and discouraged right now. It's been a long process for

me and I just can't getting going. I'm making kefir as well and that

is going great.