Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1633, 29 May 2013
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 18:06:24 -0600 (MDT)
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Mead Lover's Digest #1633 29 May 2013
Mead Discussion Forum
Contents:
Haze and Precipitates (Henry Murray)
Vintner's Harvest Fruit (Rich)
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Subject: Haze and Precipitates
From: Henry Murray <henry.h.murray@gmail.com>
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?
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Hal Murray
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Subject: Vintner's Harvest Fruit
From: Rich <shieldmaidenmead@yahoo.com>
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.
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