Pongo

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Hi Gang,

Should I rack to secondary?

I pitched the yeast for my first mead on 10/01. The bubbles in the airlock have slowed to about 1/30 seconds since then, and the S.G. has fallen from 1.101 to 1.023 as of yesterday. Obviously the fermentation is not yet done. However I read that Lalvin 71b 11-22 can throw off-flavors when left too long, and it's been in primary longer than the forecasted month.

I searched the forums, but rack is a common term so this may have already been covered..

Matrix4b

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I probably would give it another couple of days. It won't hurt it to rack it now to the secondary. I usually do when the bubbles come about once a minute. It may speed up again once racked too but don't count on it. After the first racking you should rack again about once every 1-2 months depending on the sediment and clairity.