Stubborn raisins!!!

[Requiemm]

I have about 8 raisins in my JAOM that just will not fall. Mead is crystal clear and all other fruit has dropped but these little buggers won't fall!

Will I break the warranty if I give up and bottle tonight? It was started on 7/19.

Only reason I ask is I have to move it out of the room it is in due to out of town guests and I'm trying to decide if moving or bottling is the best plan.

 

[valverij]

From other posts I've seen on here and GotMead, it seems like it's pretty common for some of the raisins to stay floating.

 

[Frognostic]

Have you done a hydrometer reading?

 

[Requiemm]

Not yet. I've been trying to be good and not touch it at all.

 

[Pkrd]

My last batch I let go for over a year, and a few of the raisins only dropped in the last few months.

 

[Gavin C]

If it's clear you can bottle it as per the recipe's instructions. It is not required that the fruit drops.

The fruit will drop but takes a long time.

Crash cool the mead and those suckers will sink like a (very floaty) stone.

 

[sahammon]

Has anyone tried putting them in like a small hop bag for easy removal? I was getting ready to use fig in secondary and debated on just dropping them in or putting them in a bag for easy removal. I'd tie a strong magnet at the top of the bag so I can put a magnet on the outside of the carboy and allow the bag to float in the center and not rest on the bottom.