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um, went to check my cyser today(brew log here: http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15251 ) and it had some weird floating bits in it coming up from the bottom, this is the first time I've looked at it since racking it off the fruit on thursday night, the bottom of the jug looks like it's a think compacted lees.

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Should I just rack it again?
 
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I'm pretty sure that is just some small fruit chunks covered in yeast. I've had that happen before it's nothing to be concerned about.
 
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I've pulled pieces that size through my auto siphon, with the cap on, in the past. If you're really concerned you can rack again, but I'd be inclined to simply watch it for a few days, and if the chunks don't appear to be growing (or if they all sink to the bottom) and if there are no funky odors from the carboy, I think you're in the clear.
 
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Fisher kel Tath said:
Really? well I sanitized and cubed the apple into like 1/4 inch squares. I still pulled the sample and tasted it, tasted fine, smelled fine.
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I'm guessing then that it is small apple bits. They do soften up (and break up) significantly during primary fermentation, leaving you with stuff that can easily make it past that bottom cap on the siphon.
 
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wayneb said:
I'm guessing then that it is small apple bits. They do soften up (and break up) significantly during primary fermentation, leaving you with stuff that can easily make it past that bottom cap on the siphon.
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Well, they weren't in the primary, I racked from the primary onto the apple bits in the secondary, and they were only in there for 48hrs as sampling at that time had the flavor where I wanted it, so techinically this is the Tertiary fermentor >.>(what comes after tertiary?)
 
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And as important as your sensory perception of the liquid, how does this "scum" in the carboy that you racked from, smell? Also, is the same strange gunk growing in your mason jar? Did you put apple bits into the mason jar, or just into the carboy?


If the mead doesn't smell or taste bad and if you want to keep it, I'd dose it with metabisulfite and potassium sorbate, let it stabilize, and rack one more time. Then bottle it once it has cleared.
 
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wayneb said:
And as important as your sensory perception of the liquid, how does this "scum" in the carboy that you racked from, smell? Also, is the same strange gunk growing in your mason jar? Did you put apple bits into the mason jar, or just into the carboy?


If the mead doesn't smell or taste bad and if you want to keep it, I'd dose it with metabisulfite and potassium sorbate, let it stabilize, and rack one more time. Then bottle it once it has cleared.
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Just smelled like fermenting alcohol, no gunk in the mason jar, but the mason jar was left as just must, however the mason jar does have a thick yeast layer on the bottom, would it be good idea to cold crash it? cause I've kept the mason jar in the fridge since drawing it off

Sour is a taste aspect I think, it smells like fermenting alcohol and something else, which i think is apples, if i could remember what vingear smelled like prolly be helpful here, but if i'm going to keep this i'm gonna need to go buy some apple juice to top off with...
 
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Medsen Fey said:
Chilling it down will slow down the growth of anything that may be in there and is probably a good idea. I'd give it an extra heavy dose of sulfite as Wayne suggests.
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yea, i'm waiting for my chems to arrive, they should be here tomorrow, wish I had known I needed more sanitizer when I ordered them too...

alright, moved it outside to the garage :p
 
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put on chems today, smells strongly of apples and cinnamon, nothing that seems off.

Probally just have to consider this as a sweet mead as fermentation has been interrupted and topping off added more sugar :/
 
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