I started a one gallon batch of mead on March 15
3lbs honey
1 gal water
rasins & tea
generic wine yeast - nothing real fancy
It's been ferementing just fine, going strong and lately slowing...And now in the past week it's cleared conserably and I'm quite excited.
What I'm wondering, is if I should be racking it now - there's quite a bit of lees at the bottom (maybe and inch to an inch and a half) and I'm worried about off-flavors.
I have a batch of Joe's Ancient Orange due to be bottled in a month which will free up my other carboy for racking into, but would I be smart to get another one sooner than that and rack the plain mead now?
See them here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/sassyinkpen/clearmead.jpg
3lbs honey
1 gal water
rasins & tea
generic wine yeast - nothing real fancy
It's been ferementing just fine, going strong and lately slowing...And now in the past week it's cleared conserably and I'm quite excited.
What I'm wondering, is if I should be racking it now - there's quite a bit of lees at the bottom (maybe and inch to an inch and a half) and I'm worried about off-flavors.
I have a batch of Joe's Ancient Orange due to be bottled in a month which will free up my other carboy for racking into, but would I be smart to get another one sooner than that and rack the plain mead now?
See them here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/sassyinkpen/clearmead.jpg