Hey guys,
I'm making my first batch of mead right now. It's a 6 gallon traditional that I made using some 71B (20g).
I know this particular variety needs to be aged off the lees. When I hit my target gravity I stopped the ferment and racked onto sorbate and metabisulfite to ensure I'd stopped it from drying out my sweet mead. Starting gravity was 1.130 and now the SG is 1.020. When I'd racked it, it was obviously still fermenting so there wasn't a large portion of lees on the bottom of the bucket when I finished. However, I've noticed now that the lees are caking the bottom pretty thick the way you'd expect. Should I rack this batch again considering the large portion of lees on the bottom?
Thanks in advance
I'm making my first batch of mead right now. It's a 6 gallon traditional that I made using some 71B (20g).
I know this particular variety needs to be aged off the lees. When I hit my target gravity I stopped the ferment and racked onto sorbate and metabisulfite to ensure I'd stopped it from drying out my sweet mead. Starting gravity was 1.130 and now the SG is 1.020. When I'd racked it, it was obviously still fermenting so there wasn't a large portion of lees on the bottom of the bucket when I finished. However, I've noticed now that the lees are caking the bottom pretty thick the way you'd expect. Should I rack this batch again considering the large portion of lees on the bottom?
Thanks in advance