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Active 1 year, 7 months ago. Viewed 18k times. Improve this question. Larisa Larisa 81 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Do you have a wine thief or turkey baster and a method to test the specific gravity hydrometer or refractometer? It's tasting quite nice, but am going to wait at least another month before I rack it again!! Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Tasted my results by the way. Not unreasonably dry, and delicious if a bit strong One thing I was wondering however, there is some unused space in the 5 gallon glass carboy probably due to the amount I reserved for SG readings and taste-testing.
Should I be concerned? There IS still some fermentation activity going on, so my inclination is not to worry, but better ask than be wrong Nurmey I love making Beer Lifetime Supporter. I don't think your mead is finished if you used Redstar Curvee. My understanding with beer is that you still want a slight bit of activity of fermentation going on The reason is that the slight bit of fermentation that is happening still in the secondary will create a c02 barrier and prevent the beer or wine from getting oxygen exposed to it.
I do my transfer sooner rather than later. If you waited till the primary was long overdue and put the wort or must into a secondary you would be allowing oxygen get to it so I transfer into my secondary when I start to see a slow down.
If there is no activity at all I blow some c02 from my tank into the head space of the secondary to make a barrier myself.
So far so good. When to transfer will vary depending on your recipe. With Mead you want to transfer it a few times leaving behind the layer in the bottom until what you end up with is clear and pure. I am a novice with mead but I will still apply what I learned with the beer. Keep the oxygen out by keeping the siphon hose in the bottom the secondary and I'll purge the carboy with co2 etc.
This is a subject that I was trying to wrap my head around a while back. When I did some longer fermentations where the primary would last a month I was like huhh? I'm always learning more as I go along. Relaxing and having a homebrew is one of those things that stands out in life.
Descender Well-Known Member. You want the smallest amount of headspace possible for secondary. Put some marbles in there till it gets almost to the tube. Then leave it alone for at least a month. Joined Nov 20, Messages 11 Reaction score 0. I don't know If I ruined 5 gallons of mead or is it still fixable. I use 4. The alcohol scale on your hydrometer is the "potential" alcohol if you were starting at that gravity.
As the sugar gets converted to alcohol the potential goes down. The scale that you're really interested in is the one with numbers from 0. It'll go down towards 1. Thank you for the quick and very helpful responce. You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads S. Should i rack my mead? Steviet Sep 30, Replies 3 Views 1K. Oct 1, Steviet. When to rack my mead Chaserz28 Jan 16, Replies 3 Views 2K. Jan 17, Chaserz Should I Rack to Secondary? Pongo Nov 14, Replies 1 Views 2K.
It helps break down the suspended pectin in honey and fruit. This might help the mead clarify faster during fermentation and reduce the need of follow up fining. At first, I did not filter my wine.
However, after having to move a couple of times with wine that was not completely clear, I was forced to filter it to get it clear enough to bottle. The results were a stunningly clear mead that stayed clear in the bottle.
I did not notice any appreciable effects on color or aroma as it was a very light pyment anyway. There are many types of filters on the market, and what you want depends on how much wine you are filtering at a time.
Since I make mostly gallon and no more than 3 gallons at a time, I chose a gravity filter. It works pretty much the same as racking, only you siphon it through a filter pad. I will let you research filters if you are interested.
However, one word of warning, even the best filter is not going to remove some of the suspended particles that make a cloudy wine. In fact, it will just clog up the filter and leave you with a mess. Make sure the wine has been clarified as much as possible — the filter will just give it a bit of boost in terms of clarifying. Filtering also reduces the likelihood of any refermentation happening after bottling.
Also, vanilla beans are incredibly tiny, strawberries tend to have floaties, and other additives just will not get out of your mead with racking alone. Filtering fixes that. Again, sanitize all the equipment before and after filtering! Hi i accidentally shook my mead during the first racking. What should I do?
Either way, it will be okay. Mead is pretty forgiving that way. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.
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