So - I have run into an issue, and not really sure if I have to ditch about 10 gallons of cider
In 3 buckets each with about 3-4 gallons I am now seing a weird gelatinous layer on the surface … looks like a scoby similar to when making kombucha. It is milky in color - very thin but firm, doesn’t break up.
When I started the primary on these 3 batches (2 wild ferments and 1 71B) there was a sudden temperature drop. I keep them all outside in a shed. This has usually been fine previously, but the difference this time was that the temp drop happen on the very night of the start of primary. So I am afraid the fermentation didn’t reallly take off. It didn’t really worry me — it will start fermentation when the temperature rises again I figured … but now this?
Would this be something innocent like film yeast? Or perhaps acetobactor? How should I proceed from here … hoping to keep the cider obviously
In 3 buckets each with about 3-4 gallons I am now seing a weird gelatinous layer on the surface … looks like a scoby similar to when making kombucha. It is milky in color - very thin but firm, doesn’t break up.
When I started the primary on these 3 batches (2 wild ferments and 1 71B) there was a sudden temperature drop. I keep them all outside in a shed. This has usually been fine previously, but the difference this time was that the temp drop happen on the very night of the start of primary. So I am afraid the fermentation didn’t reallly take off. It didn’t really worry me — it will start fermentation when the temperature rises again I figured … but now this?
Would this be something innocent like film yeast? Or perhaps acetobactor? How should I proceed from here … hoping to keep the cider obviously