Mead Lovers Digest #0024

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Mead Lover's Digest #24                     Thu 22 October 1992 

 
        Forum for Discussion of Mead Brewing and Consuming 
               John Dilley, Digest Coordinator 

 
Contents: 
  Racking Agents (John Gorman) 
  Whew...fermentation at last! (Scott James.) 

 
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 9:57:29 EDT 
From: john@rsi.com (John Gorman) 
Subject: Racking Agents 

Subject:  Racking Agents 

Recently, someone mentioned that sparkeloid added during bottling 
clarified the mead nicely - leaving the sediment in the bottles. 
Does anyone have any experience in using clarifying agents during 
racking, so that the mead clarifies in the second carboy? 

Which products did you try?  What are they made of? 
When did you rack and add them?  Just after fermentation ceased? 
How did they work?  How long did it take?  Any aftertaste? 
Ever try chilling the mead as a clarifying method? 
If not, how about experiences clarifying homebrew beer? 

Thanks, John 

John Gorman                                   john@rsi.com 
Relational Semantics, Inc.                    617-926-0979 
17 Mount Auburn Street              Watertown MA 02172 USA 

Nothing happens. 

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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 16:50:02 MDT 
From: scojam@scojam.Auto-trol.COM (Scott James.) 
Subject: Whew...fermentation at last! 

 
Well, last night I peeked at the carboy--lo and behold...small bubbles! 
It took a solid 48 hours before anything happened.  I guess I should have 
used a larger starter (mine was about 300 ml). 

I guess Wyeast 1214 Belgium is a slow one, eh?  I've never used Wyeast 
before and don't know what to expect. 

At least I'm moving forward again, and Sunday night wasn't a wasted effort. 

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Scott James                          scojam@Auto-Trol.COM 
Ham (N0LHX) -:- Guitarist               Auto-Trol Technology 
HomeBrewer - Student Pilot             Denver, Colorado USA 
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