Normal Flocculation or infection?

[jlerner]

Greetings all!

My very first batch of mead (JAO - followed to the letter) is 9 days old now. The jug has ugly clumps of yeast forming on the bottom - not the nice uniform layer of sediment I had imagined would happen. Is this normal for bread yeast, or has something gone awry?


Many thanks for helping out a newbie!

 

[MightyJesse]

Looks OK to me...

I'm as inexperienced as you are, but here's my JAO at 21 days:

Looks like normal flocculation to me.

 

[wildoates]

Brewing is sometimes ugggggly.

 

[chiguire]

I would not worry. Yeast flocculation can look weird. Mold usually forms on the surface of the mead first. Just put it out of sight and mind for a good long time and enjoy the end result.

happy brewing

 

[jlerner]

WOW - Hard to imagine that such an elegant thing is the end result of such an ugly process!

Thank you all for your insight and encouragement - knowing what to expect makes it much easier!

 

[Chevette Girl]

Looks just like it's settling on the curved glass instead of the flat bottom, that's all... heavier pieces falling through will sometimes leave tracks in it and sometimes you get these neat colony-like deposits that all shift and fall down the curve if you move the carboy

 

[wayneb]

WOW - Hard to imagine that such an elegant thing is the end result of such an ugly process!

Just remember, especially if ever you start to regard this hobby as loftier than others, that our results are merely the result of carefully managing the transformation of bee spit into yeast excrement. ;D

 

[Medsen Fey]

....our results are merely the result of carefully managing the transformation of bee spit into yeast excrement. ;D

:laughing4:
That's so eloquent I think I'm going to have to add it to my signature.

 

[wayneb]

:laughing4:
That's so eloquent I think I'm going to have to add it to my signature.

I hereby waive any copyright! ;D

 

[AToE]

I like to think of it as bee vomit, but to each their own!

 

[jlerner]

...transformation of bee spit into yeast excrement.

Hilarious! Can't wait to see how the graphics department turns that concept into artwork for the label!!

PS - End of week 2 and the batch is already clearing!

 

[Chevette Girl]

I hereby waive any Copyright ! ;D

Good, 'cause I was gonna use it anyway!;D


I save all these quotable quotes on my log index page, I've got Medsen, McFeely, Akueck, Riverat... all things I've used as my sig file here... the only one I missed getting a reference for was "I've always felt that the main ingredient for mead is patience. It should be added liberally." But I bet I can find it with the handy-dandy search engine

 

[RightHookCook]

My ambition is to be CG's Signature! one day maybe! hahaha