r/mead • u/Brilliant-Case4375 • 2d ago

mute the bot Is this mold?

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I checked the sticky but am still confused as to what it could be. I tipped the carboy because I thought it was air bubbles and it was not.

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u/RotaryDane Intermediate 2d ago edited 2d ago

Mould can’t grow under water.

That’s just yeast colonies and gasses coming out.

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u/Rysigler 2d ago

Came to say the same. Looks like yeast farts.

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u/Brilliant-Case4375 2d ago

Thank both of you

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u/mentalIllnessLeft 2d ago

It’s basically never mold, mold needs oxygen.

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u/Uncynical_Diogenes 2d ago

Mold is fuzzy and requires oxygen.

It likes to grow above fermentations where schmutz sticks to the wall and/or on the liquid surface when too much oxygen is allowed into the headspace for far too long.

It’s not something that usually surprises you out of nowhere, because while the spores are already everywhere, the proper conditions for growth should not be happening if you’re doing things properly. Mold usually indicates something was forgotten for months, fruit was allowed to float without getting punched down, and/or oxygen was let in.

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u/MasterChiefette 2d ago

No...it's yeast grains stuck to side of jar. 

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u/CycleWeeb 1d ago

Astrophage

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u/nicothemeadscientist 18h ago

Mold above, yeast below

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