Hello,
Going through my first time making wine on my own. Made wine since I was a little kid with my family (30 plus years)
I’m currently about 9 weeks in on multiple varieties and noticed yesterday that two of the 6 gallon carboys have a white disc like film at the top. (Picture attached) I used my families simple method with nothing added accept the must and yeast. All of the equipment was new and sanitized and cleaned with one step and star San.
Could this be mold/flowers? Besides the removal of the film and transferring into the a sanitized carboy - do I need to start looking at adding sulfite or another chemical to ensure I don’t loose this batch?
My other carboys are unaffected and the process has been the same for all.
Extremely limited headspace (in secondary) and has been racked once since fermentation.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Eric
Going through my first time making wine on my own. Made wine since I was a little kid with my family (30 plus years)
I’m currently about 9 weeks in on multiple varieties and noticed yesterday that two of the 6 gallon carboys have a white disc like film at the top. (Picture attached) I used my families simple method with nothing added accept the must and yeast. All of the equipment was new and sanitized and cleaned with one step and star San.
Could this be mold/flowers? Besides the removal of the film and transferring into the a sanitized carboy - do I need to start looking at adding sulfite or another chemical to ensure I don’t loose this batch?
My other carboys are unaffected and the process has been the same for all.
Extremely limited headspace (in secondary) and has been racked once since fermentation.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Eric