Feb 14, 2023 | By: Hanky Hazelton
In Business: Ya-Sure Kombucha in Brainerd Offers Beverages from Unique Taproom
A Brainerd business is offering unique non-alcoholic beverages in downtown Brainerd.
Ya-Sure Kombucha offers drinks like ginger beer and homemade root beer, but as their name suggests, their main staple is kombucha, a fermented tea flavored with fruit, vegetables, and spices. The process starts with SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), where tea is fed to the SCOBY and starts to ferment.
The idea all came about when owner Shawn Hopman was working on the road. Seeking a healthier alternative to soda, he fell in love with the process of making kombucha and started a business out of it.
The legal limit of alcohol that can be in their beverages is 0.5%, with Hopman saying theirs generally come in lower than that.
Ya-Sure Kombucha is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. More information is available on their website.