Talk given at the Nov 5th, 2014 Cowtown Yeast WRanglers Meeting

1. LACTO FERMENTATION
AND KOMBUCHA MAKING
Chris van der Ploeg
@whatchrisdrinks

2. HI, I'M CHRIS
… and I'm an addict
I'm addicted to fermentation
… and the by-products

3. 2 TYPES OF FERMENTATION
Lacto Fermentation
KombuchaBrewing

4. WTF IS LACTO FERMENTATION?
Lactic fermentation is the resultof Lactobacillus
Lactobacillus naturallylives on vegetables
Lactobacillus consumes sugars to produce lactic acid
This is the same bacteriathatis responsible for Sour beer

5. WHY LACTO FERMENTATION?
Lactic acid is anaturalpreservative
Lactobacillus is aprobiotic
It's Fuckingdelicious

6. OK, HOW LACTO FERMENTATION
COMBINE:
Lactobacillus
Sugar
Salt
Minus Oxygen
Time

7. EQUIPMENT

11. IN ACTION
Chris van der Ploeg
2 months ago 

12. WHAT CAN I LACTO FERMENT?
Everything
Beverages
Condiments
Fruit&Vegetables
Pickles
Sauerkraut
Yogurt
So much more...

14. WTF IS KOMBUCHA?
Alightly effervescentfermented drinkof
sweetened blackand/or green teathatis used as
afunctional food -Wikipedia
Acetobacter
Saccharomyces
Brettanomyces
Lactobacillus
Pediococcus
Gluconacetobacter Kombuchae
Zygosaccharomyces Kombuchaensis
Together theyform amushroom known as aSymbiotic Colony
Of Bacteriaand Yeastor SCOBY

16. HOW TO BREW KOMBUCHA
Container Size -One quart
Sugar Amount-1/4 cup
TeaAmount-1-1/2 teaspoon loose teaor 2 teabags
Water Amount-2-1/2 cups
Starter Tea-1/2 cup
boilwater, add sugar, steep tea, allow to cool, putin jar, add
SCOBY

18. KOMBUCHA BEER

19. QUESTIONS