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Walked into a kombucha brewery in Portland and smelled something off
The place had 12 stainless steel tanks but only 2 were actively bubbling, the rest had a weird vinegar smell that meant they'd gone way past ferment. Has anyone else walked into a place that looked serious but was clearly cutting corners on their batches?
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abbychen1mo ago
Classic Portland kombucha bros chasing trends instead of making good booch. Those vinegar tanks are basically a money pit, not a batch worth fixing. Kinda sad when the equipment says "pro" but the product says "whoops.
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jennyh551mo ago
Hold up, those are actually some pretty standard oak barrels for aging, not vinegar tanks. You might be thinking of the plastic carboy setup down the street.
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