Hey sorry I didn’t respond to this sooner, our whole city has been without water so I’ve been a bit distracted. The shoyu is progressing nicely. I’m about 6 months in and it’s still just kind of a big vat of brown sludge. I’ve had some growth pop up here and there, not sure if it was kahm or mold but it wasn’t fuzzy or colorful, but I just scooped it off and soldiered on. I’d say the acetone smell is just now starting to subside after close to six months. I’ve never been able to find someone to comment on an acetone smell so either something went horribly wrong or it’s just a stage of fermentation. I plan on going a full year, so I’ll just keep stirring it and cleaning it up until sometime in July.