In this interview, Jarr Kombucha co-founder Adam Vanni updates us on the relocation of his brewery from East London in the UK to the Belgian city of Oudenaarde and the 350-year-old Liefmans Brewery. Following the 2018 acquisition by Belgium family-owned...
Brewing commercial quantities of kombucha is a challenge. To produce ‘booch with consistent taste, that meets customers’ expectations and passes inspection, a number of parameters need to be carefully measured and controlled. Accurate measurement enables better control of the fermentation...
Kombucha Brewers International (KBI), the leading trade organization committed to promoting and protecting commercial kombucha brewers around the world, has declared February 21, 2020, as the inaugural World Kombucha Day. Not to be confused with National Booch Day, which a...
Mark Young founded Brew Loka. Originally from the north of England, Mark had a successful career as a bass guitarist with the Southern California ‘Nu Metal’ band HED Planet Earth. It was while living in Newport Beach in the mid-1990s...
Located near the city of Tampere, a former center of Finnish industry known as “The Manchester of Finland,” The Good Guys Kombucha is a one-stop-shop for kombucha lovers in the land of a thousand lakes. Krister Häll and his five...
Key to the success of Probio Drinks, located near to the large Plaça d’Espanya square in the heart of Barcelona’s barrio Sant Antoni, is their Casa De La Kombucha taproom. The charming, plant-filled entrance draws in passers-by. The brewery is...
The charming Galician fishing village of Noia, nestled in Spain’s far north-west corner, is the home of Meraki Ferments. Here, pilgrims who have made the 500-mile journey along the Santiago de Compostella, take the final step of their journey and...
Dr. Peter Barrett named his company after the British phrase “Feel as fit as the butcher’s dog“, which, especially when spoken with a Northern Irish accent, sounds rather like someone is saying The Bucha’s Dog. As the first, and possibly...
Hard Kombucha is the coming thing. While most ‘booch on the shelves has a minimal 0.5% ABV alcohol content, a growing number of brands specialize in “hard” ‘booch with alcohol content ranging from 2% up to 7% or more. Like...
Last Saturday in Berkeley, California a half-dozen people made friends with their new baby: a SCOBY to take home and begin the life-changing experience of brewing their own ‘booch. They were taking part in a 90-minute class taught by Lila...
