bknifefight
Well-Known Member
I have my first batch of mead in a carboy right now and I am wondering if it may be time to bottle. A little info:
- I made this mead on 11/21/09
- Sometime in early January I siphoned it into another carboy off the gunk that had settled to the bottom.
- The last I checked the SG was 0.996 and there has been no activity in the carboy other than a bubble in the airlock once every 5 minutes or something.
- In the secondary, it has become crystal clear other than another layer of gunk on the bottom.
I know many people will bulk age their mead for 6 months in the carboy, but I would like to free the carboy up if possible. I don't want to bottle it only to find a half inch of gunk in the bottom of each bottle though! Attached are some links to photos of both the mead's clarity and the gunk on the bottom.
The mead and it's clarity:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/Bknifefight/100_3582.jpg
The gunk on the bottom:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/Bknifefight/100_3585.jpg
Thanks for any help!
- I made this mead on 11/21/09
- Sometime in early January I siphoned it into another carboy off the gunk that had settled to the bottom.
- The last I checked the SG was 0.996 and there has been no activity in the carboy other than a bubble in the airlock once every 5 minutes or something.
- In the secondary, it has become crystal clear other than another layer of gunk on the bottom.
I know many people will bulk age their mead for 6 months in the carboy, but I would like to free the carboy up if possible. I don't want to bottle it only to find a half inch of gunk in the bottom of each bottle though! Attached are some links to photos of both the mead's clarity and the gunk on the bottom.
The mead and it's clarity:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/Bknifefight/100_3582.jpg
The gunk on the bottom:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/Bknifefight/100_3585.jpg
Thanks for any help!