"Foam" ontop of my mead

[Deghisagorah]

Hi, allow me to introduce myself, in Joseph and im new to this forum .

Okay, so ive started doing my third try with mead, after around an hour of putting the yeast in i started to notice a very thin layer of foam forming ontop of my mead, and it has got this weird "blotches" that forms a pattern these blotches dont contain foam (like a swimming pole in the winter and someone poked a hole into the ice layer ontop of the pool) and im probably a bit paranoid but i need to make sure if its normal, because somehow after cleaning my container for 10 minutes i found a piece of floating plastic inside the fermentor while ive put the yeast and mead in (already took it out) im just a bit worried that the two are related maybe a rebel yeast managed to outgrow its comrades

 

[Maylar]

totally normal.

 

[Sailingeric]

I am doing my first real mead. Had that happen and when I racked it I got a little bit few days since that probably "woke up" the yeast and caused some degassing

 

[Deghisagorah]

Ah, okay its starting to look like what you might call "white film" cause today when i checked it the thin layer got bubbles in them, Thanks for the help much appreciated

But should i skim the top off?, Mix it in with the mead, or just leave it be ?

 

[Deghisagorah]

Oh and here's a pic of the foam (sorry for the horrific quality)
Earlier there was quite a bit more, but after a single slosh some of them dissapeared

 

[Sailingeric]

Similar to what I had. I think you are fine

 

[Deghisagorah]

Okay, so il just leave the foam ? And skim it off when im ready for bottling ?

 

[Maylar]

it will sink on its own.

 

[Maylar]

at 1 week -

at first racking

 

[Deghisagorah]

Aah, okay thanks for the help guys il just let it be until it sinks on its own