Well today's project seems to be a success. I wound up splitting it into two jars. That let me use up the honey and garlic that wouldn't fit before. Both jars have pretty much the same content and pH. 0.75 lbs assaulted garlic, 1.0 lbs raw unfiltered honey, 4 TBLSP kombucha.
Even with the kombucha I could only knock the pH down to 3.8. That really should be enough, but I would rather have it closer to 3.0. The garlic is gonna push that up a bit. I don't want to further dilute the honey, but it really should be safe.
For the next day I think most action with the bubblers will be the kombucha degassing. After that it will be the fermentation.
Ginger / honey is the next project. Would love to have both of them well done and aged before flu season kicks in.
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