Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1633, 29 May 2013 Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 18:06:24 -0600 (MDT) From: mead-request@talisman.com Mead Lover's Digest #1633 29 May 2013 Mead Discussion Forum Contents: Haze and Precipitates (Henry Murray) Vintner's Harvest Fruit (Rich) NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is enough material to send one. Send ONLY articles for the digest to mead@talisman.com. Use mead-request@talisman.com for [un]subscribe and admin requests. Digest archives and FAQ are available at www.talisman.com/mead#Archives A searchable archive is at http://www.gotmead.com/mldarchives.html Digest Janitor: Dick Dunn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Haze and Precipitates From: Henry Murray Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 08:38:14 -0400 Dear Meadmakers: I scanned through Ken Schramm's book [The Complete Meadmaker] but found nothing on chilling in conjunction with additives like Bentonite or Isinglass to help get a mead that will remain clear before bottling. I ask as I bottled mead and it was perfectly clear. Then over the next 6 months I find a very fine brown precipitate in the bottles. *Question*: Anyone have experience/reference in books/thoughts with adding clarifying agents AND chilling prior to bottling? *Question*: Anyone with suggestions on why a mead will form a very fine precipitate once it has been in the bottle for 6 month - after it set in the carboys with 2 or 3 racking over 6 month at least? More racking the solution? - -- Hal Murray ------------------------------ Subject: Vintner's Harvest Fruit From: Rich Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 19:04:02 -0700 (PDT) Has anyone used the Vintner's Harvest fruit purees? I have two 3 lb cans of peach that I bought from my local brew shop and I want to make a peach mead this fall. Sadly, the Vintner's Harvest website has no practical information on its use. Thanks. ------------------------------ End of Mead Lover's Digest #1633 *******************************