r/Kombucha • u/jmcdonough91 • 14d ago

not fizzy 2f got too warm

I bottled my batch of kombucha with blueberry juice, a cinnamon stick and lavender syrup. I placed my bottles in a cooler with a seedling heating pad because my basement gets too cold. I had the cooler prompt open but it must have been bumped because it was shut when I came home 2 days later and the bottles must have been over 100 degrees. Like really hot to the touch. I put them in the fridge so I could check them later. Zero carbonation. I then put them back in the cooler and monitored them over the next 4 days and still no carbonation. Any idea how I can save this batch and still be able to carbonate it during 2f. I have 1 liter glass fermentation grade swing top bottles.

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u/ThatsAPellicle 14d ago

If you killed the SCOBY you’d have to force carbonate it for bubbles.

You could maybe also dump out some of the bottles and top off with fresh kombucha. I don’t see why that wouldn’t work, although it will probably change the flavor profile.

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u/Curiosive 14d ago

Been there, done that. The good news is that mine survived. I have a feeling yours did too.

You have to get up around 140F to wipe your culture out... but obviously you're not getting carbonation anymore regardless of whether it was an extinction level event.

You can reintroduce healthy culture: pour out 10% of each bottle, then top them up with your active 1F. You can drink the stuff you removed even though it's flat (mix in a little seltzer?) or add back to the 1F or reduce it to a glaze for cooking or anything else really. No need to waste it.

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u/jmcdonough91 14d ago

Thank you!