Toggle sidebar

Yeast has collected in the foam

  • PATRONS: Did you know we've a chat function for you now? Look to the bottom of the screen, you can chat, set up rooms, talk to each other individually or in groups! Click 'Chat' at the right side of the chat window to open the chat up.
  • Love Gotmead and want to see it grow? Then consider supporting the site and becoming a Patron! If you're logged in, click on your username to the right of the menu to see how as little as $30/year can get you access to the patron areas and the patron Facebook group and to support Gotmead!
  • We now have a Patron-exclusive Facebook group! Patrons my join at The Gotmead Patron Group. You MUST answer the questions, providing your Patron membership, when you request to join so I can verify your Patron membership. If the questions aren't answered, the request will be turned down.
Barrel Char Wood Products
B

BernHerkins

NewBee
Registered Member
Jul 8, 2014
2
0
0
Hello
Yesterday i brewed my first 2x 1gallon batches of Mead!
I made 1 gallon of orange mead and 1 gallon of a variety of berries.
I followed various recipes and chose to rehydrate the yeast for the orange mead while putting the yeast in the berry one in dry.
Now the orange mead is bubbling away rather quickly and i am most happy with it yet the berry meads yeast has appeared to collect in the foam at the top of the mead so a vast majority of it, i believe, is not having any affect on the mead. It is also bubbling a lot less than the orange mead, of course that may be due to the different ingredients but i doubt so.

So my question is.. Should i do something about this floating yeast in the foam or leave it be?
Thanks :D
 
Congrats on the first batch!

If it's still strongly fermenting, then you can resubmerge the yeast that pushed up, when you next degas/aerate/feed, even a gentle swirl of the carboy, or something should achieve the job.

Cheers

Tony
 
I have had a few batches where the yeast have collected in colonies on the surface of my meads. All that <I> have done is to "swirl" and/or "slosh" them back into the main must body. No harm, no foul as far as I can tell, they just like to form colonies, and you just have to break them up and re-incorporate them. At least in my limited experience that is...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Barrel Char Wood Products

Viking Brew Vessels - Authentic Drinking Horns

Top Bottom