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Offline ANDREW.GROGAN1

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White specs on top of cider
« on: March 08, 2016, 01:08:27 pm »
I have had batch of cider sitting in a fermenter for the last 5 months.  The first month was primary and the last 4 have been secondary, to let it settle out.   I didn’t add any sugar or other additives.  Just yeast and pectic enzyme.  I just noticed this morning that there are small white specs developing on the top.  This is my first batch of cider so I’m a little clueless.  Any thoughts on what this is?


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Re: White specs on top of cider
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2016, 01:15:23 pm »
Wild yeast action? Hard to tell..
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Offline ANDREW.GROGAN1

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Re: White specs on top of cider
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2016, 01:16:52 pm »
It could be.  It is sitting next to a 1 gallon carboy that I let naturally ferment.

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Re: White specs on top of cider
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2016, 02:16:13 pm »
Looks almost like a petri dish/agar plate with spores.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. -Richard P. Feynman

Laws are spider-webs, which catch the little flies, but cannot hold the big ones. -Anacharsis