Gel-like solid blobs in primary…?!?

[Sballe]

Been making cider for 4-5 years, but never seen this before ..!?

Homepressed apple juice from September has been fermenting in a shed outside during fall and winter…

Today I saw some weird solid gelatenous chunks floating around … size of skittles/m&ms and pretty much same shape. Solid and squishy…

There were probably 8-12 of those floating around near the surface in one of my primary buckets. (No dry hairy mouldy growth)

Any idea what this could be??

Thx a heap

 

[Maylar]

Does it smell like vinegar?

 

[Sballe]

Does it smell like vinegar?

Not at all - although I didn’t keep the lid open on the bucket for long, so didn’t taste it.
Also - it is my understanding that vinegar-mothers are more porous, more spread-out thru the whole liquid. These were very defined round gelatinous lump. No strings or hairy bits …
And … it has been outside all winter, seldom temperatures above 5-7C … as I understand it, acetobactor does not like cold conditions…