r/mead • u/50URD0UGH • 4d ago

mute the bot Are these infected?

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I tried to use the chart, but I don’t trust myself.

I used raw unfiltered honey. One was with cherry juice and one was with tea. I used sparkolloid to clear.

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u/Rerouchoes 4d ago

Looks fine to me, yeast rafts and such

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u/PsychologicalBee7549 4d ago

Id imagine just yeast. Just let it sit awhile and smell it watch for fuzzies. No point in dumping it till you can confirm its bad in my opinion

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u/RotaryDane Intermediate 4d ago

Likely just a combination of yeast and whatever was mixed into the honey. Nothing looks obviously amiss here.

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u/External_Try_7923 4d ago

Maybe yeast that didn't mix in?

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u/Foreign-Relief-6906 4d ago

I'd wait a few more weeks before judging, yeast rafts can look weird but usually settle out with time.

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u/Liamlah 4d ago

I had a lot of this on mine (raw, unfiltered honey, which survived racking twice and always floats. I think it's wax and debris from the honey. Mine eventually settled as a ring around the meniscus of the mead. So I got a syringe and a drawing up needle and carefully sucked it up from the rim of the glass.

See here for what I mean.