suspended threads in wort

[JawnnyO]

Hi. I have made three brews so far. The first I had a lot of help from this forum and it went pretty well, but I didn't add enough maple syrup at bottling so there wasn't much head. The second went pretty well. was a little rough after two weeks in the bottle, but now is three weeks and is smoothing out. The third is in the carboy and was ready to bottle last week. I added the gelatin on Friday and was going to bottle Saturday. I was unable to bottle until today. when I looked at the carboy There are some small bubbles on top and a lot of about 1/2 inch thin threads coming down from the top. I am afraid this is mould and do not want to bottle unless advised it is okay, or there is something I can do to remedy it. I sanitised everything. At least I thought I did. Any help? Thanks. John

 

[tgolanos]

Could be proteins dropping or yeast rafts, maybe. Pictures could help us identify it for you.

 

[JawnnyO]

OK, great, here are two pix. Thanks

 

[bracconiere]

i really wanted this to be a meme......


but looks like yeast/protein...fine......

 

[tgolanos]

Yeah, that's nothing to worry about.

 

[JawnnyO]

okay great, I'll bottle today. Will this settle out in the bottle? I thought the gelatin was supposed to sink those. They came after I put the gelatin in. Did I wait too long to bottle? Thanks for the reassurance

 

[rburrelli]

Did you use the recommended procedure for gelatin use? Did you bloom it and add below 50 degrees? It works better that way.

 

[JawnnyO]

No I hadn't learned that procedure. It was around 70F when I put it in, and I just put it in. I will read up on proper gelitanising for next batch. Thanks for the heads up