[sudo-discuss] [CCL] Re: Omni fermentation restartup

[Kathy Buehmann]

Sounds fun, Ken! Thanks for organizing and look forward to checking it out
:-)

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Ken Litchfield <litchfield.ken at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Patrik,
>
> Sounds great. I'll plan on being there 6-6:30ish.
>
> Thanks Ken
>
>
>
> On Monday, June 29, 2015, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Ken & Co,
>>
>> So great to see some cleanup and organization happening! The fermentation
>> corner really had been falling into neglect lately. Really looking forward
>> to seeing a more active fermentation community getting together.
>>
>> Since we're hosting the Fermentation Station, we'd love it if you could
>> post any regular Fermentation Station happenings on the Counter Culture
>> Labs meetup page. I'll send you an invite so we can add you as co-organizer:
>>
>> http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs
>>
>>
>> For this Wednesday, keep in mind that we have a lab cleanup day happening
>> as well:
>>
>> Come help clean the lab!
>> <http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/223300420/>
>>
>>
>> No reason we can't have both going on at the same time though - the more
>> the merrier!
>>
>> Patrik
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Ken Litchfield <
>> litchfield.ken at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Heyall,
>>>
>>> My name is Ken Litchfield and I'm with BAAM/CCL. I had talked to a few
>>> folks about the fermentation group and how to become involved. I learned
>>> that it seems to have been on a bit of a hiatus for a few weeks/months, so
>>> I volunteered to get it cranked back up, beginning with cleanup,
>>> reorganization, and rejuvention/startup of cultures over the next few
>>> weeks. And perhaps then start having regular bigger events perhaps monthly
>>> or more often.
>>>
>>> I understand that there are a number of folks in Sudo and CCL that have
>>> an interest in the area.
>>>
>>> Last Wed eve we had our first clean up/reorganization of the
>>> fermentation area along the border between Sudo and CCL. There have been
>>> some rodent problems in the area so part of the intent is to make it easier
>>> to keep the area clean and rodent free. We have moved the equipment and
>>> fridge from positions in the middle of the room to the periphery along the
>>> CCL side of the Sudo wall L-ing over to the sterile trasfer hood. We
>>> removed the stuff from under and behind the hood so we can move the hood
>>> against the wall. We didn't toss out anything except obvious trash and all
>>> the stuff we found is on top or under the folding table and the cabinets.
>>> We didn't take everything out of all the cabinet drawers because some were
>>> locked and we couldn't determine who had the keys.
>>>
>>> We welcome the continued participation of any folks who have been
>>> involved in the past and invite any of you who would like to start
>>> participating.
>>>
>>> Each Wed we'll be having an activity evening in the fermentation area
>>> for the next several weeks. We could use assistance with any of the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> Plan is to use a couple of the doors from under the ballroom stage
>>> storage area and place them on top of paired cabinets as open work space
>>> where the cabinets and folding table are located now. Storage would be
>>> underneath and on shelving on top and in the back of the door tabletops.
>>>
>>> Need several strong folks at each corner of the sterile transfer hood
>>> for a couple minutes to slide it back against the wall.
>>>
>>> There are several kombucha cultures in 5 gallon buckets or smaller mason
>>> jars that aren't labeled. If you know the history and provenance of any of
>>> of them please label them with creation dates, components, human
>>> companions, and any other pertinent info. They all appear to be pretty much
>>> viable so if they aren't claimed we'll clean them and rejuvenate them with
>>> the standard formula and go from there with new labeling. If you would like
>>> to assist with rejuvenation please bring some black tea for next Wed nite.
>>> We found sugar in storage.
>>>
>>> There are some bags of hops and yerba mate that make for rodent nesting
>>> material so those and any food or grain items need to be kept in heavy duty
>>> lidded plastic or metal containers. We have some such containers but could
>>> probably use more.
>>>
>>> Under the folding leg table there are several boxes of glass bottles.
>>> We'll be giving those to glass recycling unless someone claims them. We
>>> understand that some of the commercial kombucha bottles were intentionally
>>> collected. Well keep these if someone is planning on using them. Our
>>> current plan is to make announcements as batches become ready for imbibing
>>> and folks can drink it there or take it home in their own containers. We
>>> plan to keep several standard kombucha mothers and several secondary
>>> ferments for special flavors like Orange Julius, root beer, candy cap, jun,
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> We don't plan to put any limits on the potential ferments that we have
>>> so kombucha, beer, wine, mead, yeast rising bread, njera, and more are all
>>> welcome.
>>>
>>> My particular interest is herbal meads but also all things fermentable.
>>>
>>> Please email me if you have any interests, concerns, plans, questions,
>>> etc involving the fermenation area.
>>>
>>> Thanks Ken
>>> litchfield.ken at gmail.com
>>> litchfield dot ken at gmail dot com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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