That was my thought exactly, Heather. A lot of study is being done using clove oil as a natural antibacterial in food processing. I'd add the clove oil after...
Daniel, You can use essential oils in EM brews, even Clove oil. You just have to use small amounts. If you haven't already I would recommend that you go to...
Well, does it destroy good bacteria? Usually with anti microbials I thought they only attack the harmful bacteria. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 5, 2009, at...
I believe your grandmother's barrel had good lacto-kin habitation on the sides of barrel wood. It does cause the same good fermentation to Napa or Hakusai ...
That's a good point. I don't have wood nowadays but I do have rough ceramic weights I use. I think the bacteria live in them too. Also interesting about the...
I have a beet kvass question. How long does it keep? I have a jar of kvass sitting in the back of my fridge from last winter. I don't think I strained the...
Its fermented, its fine! From: Microbial_Nutrition@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Microbial_Nutrition@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of vaquitita Sent: Tuesday, January...
In my own Kombucha brewing, on the second fermentation I put it in German beer bottles, the ones that have the flip tops. My son got them when stationed in...
Yeah, just be careful to burp them! In the fridge it's not so bad, but I have had the top sort of "explode" if they go too long. The wire snaps the glass,...
Hi, I an going to start a candida diet next week. I am wondering if any of you have any experience weather Kombucha tea and waterkefir is beneficial for...
I have only had problems when bottling into Perrier bottles. (coming home to a puddle after bottle exploded). With GROLSCH beer bottles with wire tops I...
You could use a Hydrometer http://tinyurl.com/3xhlvd and calculate the amount of fermentable sugar in the bottle before bottling. Pretty affordable ($10) and...
Anni, Both my wife and I beat candida without doing that diet. We used acidophilus supplements, did the galbladder flush, and other things which I don't recall...
Hi, I'm Neil, and new to this stuff. I grew up on cottage cheese and buttermilk, but never really knew how they were made. I started making milk kefir a few...
Why not grow them -- means you'll have to wait a few months but hops grow fast and furious. A hop is about the size of the end of your thumb. It's very light...
Anni, Kombucha is a little iffy for Candida because most people leave a fair amount of sugar in it. If you only brew 8 to 12 days, there's still a lot of...
Anni, Sorry, hit send too soon. With water kefir, I use less than 1/2 the called for amount of sugar, then do a 2 to 4 day secondary fermentation after...
As to weighing ounces of hops, one solution is the next times you are in a grocery story, pick up a handful for something light but bulky, like maybe dried...
Something I have found that helps tremendously is taking oregano oil. It really knocks the yeast out. Of course, getting your gut in better shape is the...
I don't think hops will bear much, if any flowers the first year. But a good long term investment! Kathy in Ohio [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi Carole Have you found guidance as to what dosage of oregano oil to work up to for candida? Thanks kathy in Ohio ... oil. ... better shape is the real/long...
Yes, the vines grow so fast that you can almost SEE ithem growing! Fun! But what I mean is not to expect much quantity of flowers the first year. Prepare to...
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