midgets in ferment?

mikeyjames9

i scooped a few small midgets out of my wine ferment today

first time it ever happened


is it likely to cause a problem? ferment is 2 days old


thanks

BeerNut

Might do. But the only person who can say whether it did or not is you.

cython

Were they frisky? :pac:

I'll get my coat

I honestly can't say how it will turn out, but the mental image from the subject was too much to resist

professore

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge

We always called them MIDGES. It was only when I moved to cork that I heard of swarms of MIDGETS. But I digress. I often swallowed mouthfuls of them as a kid cycling down country lanes with no ill effects.

mikeyjames9

ok thanks
I was a bit careless with the lid
25L is too much to throw out ill wait and see

I'm sure there was plenty of insects in the day's of open fermentation before fancy sterilization and bubblers

fryup

professore wrote: »

It was only when I moved to cork that I heard of swarms of MIDGETS.

hee hee

n97 mini

Unlikely to be midges as we known them, more likely to be fruit flies. Unlikely to do any harm to anything other than your wine making reputation

rozeboosje

Should be fine - I don't make beer but I make sourdough and if the culture is anything like that, the combination of yeast and lactobacillae will naturally keep any nasties that may have come in with a fruit fly in check.