I used a short section of drinking straw and my finger tip to lift up a sample of my first effort to ferment home made apple cider vinegar by adding some Braggs to organic apple juice on August 23...very good flavor already. That day in another jar I inoculated the apple juice with potent kombuca and a bit of SCOBY...it too has a nice vinegary taste. Both quickly made very healthy looking SCOBYs. Now to choose a dedicated large glass container to make a whole gallon of vinegar from apple juice inoculated by the Bragg's version and its SCOBY.