Hello all,
I've seen a few posts about white film before, but they all seemed to be about at the start of fermentation. Plus I am a little neurotic right now so I thought I'd post anyways.
My blackberry mead from http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193266&postcount=1 seems like it may have developed an infection. I racked it to secondary a few days ago, and just noticed this thin white film on the top of the must yesterday. It does not smell off at all; just yeast, alcohol, and fruit. It breaks up a bit when I move the carboy. It's very thin on the top, and a little more clustered at the sides, and there is a faint white substance on the sides of the carboy as well now. It's hard to tell if there are tendrils or not, it may be that when it breaks up, it falls down a little.
Everything I've seen says to go off of smell, but I am still freaking out about this. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Here are some pics as well.
I've seen a few posts about white film before, but they all seemed to be about at the start of fermentation. Plus I am a little neurotic right now so I thought I'd post anyways.
My blackberry mead from http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showpost.php?p=193266&postcount=1 seems like it may have developed an infection. I racked it to secondary a few days ago, and just noticed this thin white film on the top of the must yesterday. It does not smell off at all; just yeast, alcohol, and fruit. It breaks up a bit when I move the carboy. It's very thin on the top, and a little more clustered at the sides, and there is a faint white substance on the sides of the carboy as well now. It's hard to tell if there are tendrils or not, it may be that when it breaks up, it falls down a little.
Everything I've seen says to go off of smell, but I am still freaking out about this. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Here are some pics as well.