Hi! I have already produced two "classic" (i.e. yeast+nutrients, water and honey only) mead batches, originally of some 20 liters each. I had to rack both two times before bottling them, and each time I racked each batch I lost between 1 and 2 liters of mead, as I could not separate the yeast sludge.
I tried decanting the sludge/mead mix, with some limited success, and I also tried filtering the mead/sludge mix with a cloth filter, and with paper coffee filters, but the filters clog or fall apart and, in general, I did not find the process particularly practical. Therefore, I was wondering if anybody knows of a method to reduce such racking losses, as I have three more similar batches in the pipeline.
Thank you very much in advance!
I tried decanting the sludge/mead mix, with some limited success, and I also tried filtering the mead/sludge mix with a cloth filter, and with paper coffee filters, but the filters clog or fall apart and, in general, I did not find the process particularly practical. Therefore, I was wondering if anybody knows of a method to reduce such racking losses, as I have three more similar batches in the pipeline.
Thank you very much in advance!