What is this white stuff

[MarkKF]

Racked my cider last weekend. Within a few days this stuff appeared.

It was a lot thicker two days ago. If you shake it it is small pieces that float. It did bubble a little for a day a few days after racking, if that matters.

 

[Revvy]

It's yeast, and co2 from racking...it looks like it may even be krausening a bit. Which means fermentation was probably still going or at least stuck before you racked it and moving it kicked up the yeast and got it going again.

 

[MarkKF]

What is kausening and is that good or bad?

 

[Revvy]

What is kausening and is that good or bad?

Krausen is the name for a colony of yeast that is fermenting your beer/cider/wine/mead.

Yes it good....though like I said it really should be done before you rack.

 

[MarkKF]

I added some more apple juice because I suspected the yeast hibernated due to temp. I guess the additional sugar and a rise in temp jump started things. I broke a lot of rules on this batch. It's gonna be cloudy but as long as its safe and tastes good it's good until the next batch is ready. Thanks.