Weird particles

[Vlabruz]

This is my last bottle of skeeter pee from last year. It's over 1 year old. I've had it in a rack since I bottled it last marchish.
Any clue what this may bee?

 

[ChuckD]

This is my last bottle of skeeter pee from last year. It's over 1 year old. I've had it in a rack since I bottled it last marchish.
Any clue what this may bee?

Did you back sweeten with frozen concentrate? It looks like lemon pulp.

 

[Vlabruz]

Did you back sweeten with frozen concentrate? It looks like lemon pulp.

I back sweetened with invert sugar. I didnt think it was pulp. It was crystal clear and used sparkolloid. This is the oldest and only bottle I have seen this in.
If it was pulp I would think I'd have seen it floating around and in other bottles.

 

[Rice_Guy]

The one time I saw flat flake particles in a bottle it started as a haze which I assumed to be protein haze, (like a ml of milk diluted out). Eventually it condensed into a film and when mixed it broke up like your photo. The haze developed in winter at basement temp.

 

[Vlabruz]

The one time I saw flat flake particles in a bottle it started as a haze which I assumed to be protein haze, (like a ml of milk diluted out). Eventually it condensed into a film and when mixed it broke up like your photo. The haze developed in winter at basement temp.

I have a video but can't post it. These aren't flat. They really do look like pulp but I don't think there's is anyway it could be.

 

[Rice_Guy]

I have a video but can't post it. These aren't flat. They really do look like pulp but I don't think there's is anyway it could be.

For particles with depth I would first guess yeast clumping or micro growth. Did you add pectase? ,, pectin as from fresh fruit can make a dust like material. Less likely would be some bottle residue. I can’t think of anything in Real lemon bottled juice that forms large particles.
Yeast clumping should have been visible when the batch was two months in bottle.

 

[Vlabruz]

For particles with depth I would first guess yeast clumping or micro growth. Did you add pectase? ,, pectin as from fresh fruit can make a dust like material. Less likely would be some bottle residue. I can’t think of anything in Real lemon bottled juice that forms large particles.
Yeast clumping should have been visible when the batch was two months in bottle.

I used pectic enzyme post fermentation because I wasn't getting the clearness. That cleared it up. My main concern is consuming something harmful. 10%abv
They are recycled bottles that I cleaned in one-step and sanitized with k meta. My cleaning process is just a soak for a few days and rinse

 

[Hazelemere]

pectin and/or protein

 

[winemanden]

Filter it and taste, it may be sugar crystals!

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

Was it a new bottle ? Maybe something dried stuck on the inside of 5he bottle that has now released.

 

[Vlabruz]

Was it a new bottle ? Maybe something dried stuck on the inside of 5he bottle that has now released.

It wasn't new. Possible i guess.

 

[Rice_Guy]

My main concern is consuming something harmful. 10%abv

wine is a preservative system made up of pH below 4; 10% plus alcohol; SO2.; low oxygen; sugars have been removed; . . .
The issues that happen are flavor related, not food poisoning.

 

[FlamingoEmporium]

It wasn't new. Possible i guess.

Since it’s only that one bottle it’s quite probable. it looks a lot like it was once dried film

 

[Arne]

Might be from the sparkaloid. Maybe not quite totally clear, looked good and the sparkaloid finally precipitated out. Arne.

 

[Vlabruz]

Might be from the sparkaloid. Maybe not quite totally clear, looked good and the sparkaloid finally precipitated out. Arne.

Maybe I'll filter this batch I have going now