What does your Whey smell/taste like?

[moonlightinvt]

I used to separate my milk for the whey and it always smelled and tasted sweet and tangy. I stopped for about 6 months and now I am getting my raw milk from a different farm.

I have wasted milk twice now while trying to do this again. : Each time the separation did not look, smell, or taste like it used to (it is more bitter/sour and very white--none of that yellow, gelatinous look and not a real clear seperation). I don't know what I could be doing wrong. Could it be the cows winter diet, a cold kitchen, or too much homogenization taking place in the farm's tank?

Any thoughts?

[TopazBlueMama]

I've only made mine from yogurt, but yeah, it's yellowish and sweet and tangy. It seems like I've seen whey like you described when I was making kefir and it separated to show the whey. I have no idea why though.