Hello friends,
I'm fermenting some perry from pears I juiced myself given to me by a friend who's got some trees in the backyard. However, big chunks of what I assume is dead yeast have been forming in the carboy. I'm not that worried about them but I'm wondering if that's normal at all, given they're very large and float around instead of dropping at the bottom. Here's what they look like:
Oh well, I mean, yeast that's "spent", or something? Nonetheless the perry finished at 1.000, it cleared completely after racking and it tastes great. I'm just wondering why the yeast clumped up so much. Never happened to me before!
Yeast is a living organism, it just doesn't have anything more to eat and goes dormant. Some flocculate more than other yeasts.
Great to hear that you like the result! That's the most important thing!
It's quite possibly pectin blobs, which are harmless but not visually appealing. They happened to me when I did a perry. Apparently there is a pectinase enzyme for problematic situations but I haven't tried it.
Post time 2022-11-19 12:02:39
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