Yeast or Pulp?

[Earpworm]

Hi guys,
I started brewing a wow/inmate type brew a few days after I started my first kit, so I'm still new at this and would like to clear something up.

I started it on 4/8/2012, the juice I used wasn't clear at all, I added some freshly squeezed orange juice through a sieve (so small pieces of pulp could have got through). This is what it looked like after 1 day.

At first I assumed the thick layer on the top was the yeast cake, it was bubbling away for the best part of a week and a half. After a while, small parts of it started to drop out to the bottom, I also thought this was consistent with the behaviour of the yeast.

On 14/8/2012, 10 days into the fermentation there was a massive reduction in yeast activity and more of the 'cake' started to drop out. Now on day 12 there is hardly any sign of fermentation at all. However after further reading on the forum I now believe this cake to be fruit pulp. It has settled to the bottom, but has not compacted at all.
This is what it looks like now...

Having read up more since I started this brew I now feel I understand yeast and pulp a lot more, but whenever I read about identifying pulp there are descriptions but rarely any photos so its been hard for me to differentiate between the two, as I haven't noticed any 'lava lamp effect' and has behaved like the yeast from my first brew.

So, I don't suppose anyone can help me identify whether I have pulp in this thing or not, lol.

 

[31bb3]

a percentage will be yeast and some will be juice pulp

 

[bobsbeer]

I agree. your photo looks like a mixture of pulp and dead yeast. It's common for a layer of pulp to float at the start and then drop. The lava lamp effect can be seen by bits of pulp dropping and then rising, but they are usually only small bits. But from your photos it does look normal and should turn out well. just make sure it has stopped fermenting before you stop it.

 

[Earpworm]

Thanks for the clarification :thumb:

 

[PD]

Yes mainly fruit pulp that you will leave behind when you rack it off into a 2nd demi...... you were going to rack it off wern't you....

 

[Earpworm]

My plan was to syphon out the good stuff, leaving the sediment behind, batch prime and then bottle, for a fizzy fruit concoction.

 

[PD]

Good boy ( pats head ) when youve syphoned off into 2nd vessel try and leave it for a few days and if your bulk priming you might have to rack it into another vessel for bottling as it will have dropped some more deposits and bulk priming it will disturb it all again.
Or bottle prime it direct.