Dark layer on top of cider.

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mfp03001

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A week ago I transferred my cider to secondary fermentation. Today I was checking it out and noticed a dark layer on top. (see picture below). I don't remember seeing it on the cider I made last year; though that was many beers ago. Anyway I was wondering what it was.

My thought is it is a layer of "wine" from the raisins I added. My full recipe is below. But basically the man who owns the orchard suggested I add raisins and brown sugar. The cider last year with 2 pounds dark brown sugar and no raisins.

OG: 1.058
Ingredients:
Slightly less than 5 gallons of unpasteurized apple cider (Drank a glass :))
1 pound light brown sugar
1 cup raisins
1 table spoon whole cloves
1 table spoon cinnamon powder
1 table spoon nutmeg
1 table spoon pectic enzyme added about an hour+
Yeast two old rehydrated of Muntons Ale yeast packages. (These actually expired in 2009 but they were all that I had on hand and I really didn't want to go all the way to the store to just yeast.)

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Thanks
 
Looks like it is just clearing to me, and the sediment is dropping to the bottom.
 
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