FAQ

If you’re in the Melbourne VIC area, you can visit one of our fantastic kombucha creation workshops in Brunswick. These workshops generally run at the last Thursday of every month from 7pm and you get your very own kombucha SCOBY/starter to begin your brew. Check out our Events, Workshops and Tickets section to book a ticket online for our next workshop.

If you can’t attend one of our amazing workshops (we know, it’s devastating), then rest assured, our Starter and Complete brewing kits include instructions. You can also contact us at any time to ask about your Good Brew batch of booch for brewing advice.

The health and safety of our customers, staff and everyone for that matter is a priority. If you’re feeling unwell / showing symptoms, please stay home / continue isolating appropriately. We can always send a kombucha SCOBY/starter or complete brewing kit to you if needed.

For your first batch from a Kombucha SCOBY Starter Kit for example, you should ideally make no more than a 2L batch. Once your SCOBY has grown and is strong and healthy, then larger batches can be made.

Once you have a healthy large SCOBY and batch, larger quantities can be brewed. Ideally you should not feed it more than 8x the starter (existing brew in your fermenter). For example, say you have 1L of a SCOBY starter / kombucha already in your fermenter, then you could feed it 7L of tea with sugar (but no more) to make a total of 8L.

Our sealed SCOBYs will last during postage and outside of refrigeration for a bit though are best kept in the fridge. They last in the fridge for at least 6 months.

Around 1 week at 23 degrees, 2 weeks at 20 degrees, maybe 3 weeks at 17 degrees, etc.

If your kombucha batch does get infected with mould, get in touch with us for a discount code on a new kombucha or jun SCOBY.

When brewing kombucha or jun, make sure that you are very careful with the sanitation process. Ensure that any containers you use throughout the brewing process have been thoroughly cleaned. Also make sure there’s nothing else mouldy in close proximity as this could contaminate your brew.

Use a thin cloth over your brew container to keep out insects and unwanted material while also allowing the brew to breathe. We offer breathable fermentation cloths that are great for covering your kombucha and jun brews.

If your kombucha does get mould, throw it out. Don’t risk your health. Don’t stress either – these things sometimes happen with brewing kombucha and jun. If your brew does go mouldy, you can contact us for a discount code on a new kombucha or jun SCOBY and we’ll send it to you or have it ready for you to pick up as soon as possible.

Glass, ceramic and food grade plastic or stainless steel containers / jars are the best for brewing kombucha and jun. Some containers even have a tap so you can easily dispense your brew as you need it.

We stock and supply 8L glass containers with lids and taps. For everything you need to get brewing, we also provide complete brewing kits for jun and complete brewing kits for kombucha. These complete kits include organic sugar (kombucha) or honey (jun), organic tea, instructions, a breathable fermentation cloth and an 8L glass container with a lid and tap. We ship these 8L glass containers and complete kits throughout Australia. They’re also available to pick up from our location of 54 Hope St, Brunswick VIC 3056.

If your container is getting too full with just SCOBYs, you can discard the unneeded SCOBYs. These can be put in the compost or given to your dog as a chewy treat. Some people use the SCOBYs as topical treatments for balancing bacteria on their body, slice them up and use them in stir fries or even dry them and turn them into SCOBY leather.

Yes, you can download our jun or kombucha brewing instructions as PDF files.

Download our kombucha brewing instructions as a PDF ›

Download our jun brewing instructions as a PDF ›

Whilst it’s not required, it’s a great idea to clean the glass fermenter before staring your brewing journey. By using some form of cheap (or good) vinegar, you can lower the balance of the pH level in the glass – just don’t forget to rinse it afterwards!

Yes! Your scoby is a solid part of the culture that is floating in a potent vinegar. It in itself is self preserving, and will be full of viable culture for at least 3 months. If stored in the fridge, it can even last up to 12 months.

As luck would have it, we sell our own bottles for use in your Kombucha brewing journey. These have either been washed & sanitised already, or are brand new and ready to go. You can recap these by hand but the tamper seal will break the first time they’re opened.

The Good Brew Company offers shipping of products to all states and territories throughout Australia.

The Good Brew Company offers shipping of products to all states and territories throughout Australia.

Via our website store, we offer local pickup (where you pick it up from one of our two locations), or Australia Post shipping to your location/shipping address.

All kombucha and jun starter kits currently come with free shipping to anywhere in Australia.

All of our kombucha and jun SCOBY Starter Kits include free shipping throughout Australia. Please note that the Complete Kits do have shipping costs given the size of the item, where we offer a quality delivery service via courier to your location.

Our workshop tickets are purely digital, thus you won’t be posted anything for these.

The majority of all if not all other products have shipping costs.

Order before 5pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or Saturday and we’ll then have your order posted on that very same day.

Excludes Sundays, public holidays and any other dates we announce beforehand.

All online purchases of cases, Complete Fermenter kits and brewery in a boxes include tracking as part of their shipping costs. With every order that is sent via Courier or Express post we will send you tracking details via email.

Kombucha and jun SCOBYs do not include tracking as part of their free shipping.

If you choose local pickup as your shipping option, you can collect your order from our Brunswick HQ at 54 Hope Street, Brunswick opening hours are 10-5pm Monday to Saturday. Please call or text us on 0406 154 886 to arrange a collection time and to confirm your order is ready for pick up. Please call us to arrange a pick up out of our usual hours.

You can pickup your order anytime during our office hours of 10AM-5PM, Monday to Saturday. We are closed for some public holidays. Visit our location at 54 Hope St, Brunswick VIC 3056 to pickup your order.

We also offer out of hours flexible arrangements for order pickups. Please contact us to arrange an appropriate time.