Hi Jen,
I'm a new Kombucha brewer too. I just finished up my first F1 yesterday ( 1 gallon Batch Brew) and saved quite a bit of the starter fluid for my
new baby Scooby that developed that is not sitting in it's own hotel waiting for my CB crock to arrive :). Meanwhile, I started up another batchf
in my gallon container from my original mother Scooby. I only got five 16 oz bottles from my first batch due to needing starter tea for my new batch
and sufficient tea for my hotel but, ok with that for now I put dried ginger and lemon juice in