It’s been around for millennia but kombucha has only recently found its spot on the global beverage stage. Kamini dickie looks at the origins, the innovators and the ever-growing popularity of “booch”.

It might have been that saint of craft beer, Sam Calagione, who first coined the phrase “extreme brewing.”

Theo de Beer, founder of Hops Hollow and Anvil Ale House, has retired after nearly...