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Mead NewBees - Post your Questions Here IMPORTANT: Please post your EXACT recipe, ALL ingredients and the quantities you used.

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Old 08-06-2012, 07:16 PM
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Hi so I started A batch about a month ago and generally wherever I read it, it says to expect 2 months to clear. However it is already crystal clear. Do I bottle it or
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Old 08-06-2012, 07:20 PM
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Mine always seem to drop out early when I do 1 gal batches, and I bottle when it goes clear. Sometimes I'll have a piece of fruit still floatings, but even still.
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Most of the time mine start to clear about a week or two before all the fruit sinks, then I rack it (because I invariably suck crud up ith the racking hose if I bottle directly) a few weeks before I bottle.
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Hi so I started A batch about a month ago and generally wherever I read it, it says to expect 2 months to clear. However it is already crystal clear. Do I bottle it or
If it doesn't say it, swap 'expect' to 'allow' I've had one finish clear in 14 days before. Yeast are alive, like children, they'll do things in their own time.
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