Visited a tiny kombucha brewery in Portland and their SCOBY room was basically a sauna

Riley Bell · 2026-06-04T11:40:05.377855+00:00

I stopped by this place called Wild Ferment off Hawthorne last weekend. The owner had this tiny back room with like 20 jars of SCOBYs bubbling away and the thermostat was set to 85 degrees. He said he keeps it that warm to speed up fermentation but I was sweating after 2 minutes in there. Has anyone else walked into a setup that felt more like a greenhouse than a brewery?

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