Lee's in secondary

[koniowsky717]

So I racked to secondary yesterday at 1.010. Started at 1.115. Went to to check on it tonight and I already see Lees on the bottom. From my understanding, you don't want have your must on lees. Is this common, or am I gonna have to rack again?

 

[WFox93]

I've only made about 3 gallons of mead across 2 batches and both had lees until bottling and came out perfectly fine. As long as its not a huge amount, you've got nothing to worry about. And really you don't have to rack into a secondary. It just makes a bit nicer of a product if you do.

 

[TimKonn2]

Thats how much fell after almost 2 days. also, hoping it starts to show signs of clearing up. Something tells me the yeast went back to work after i racked.

 

[Yooper]

You don't want to age it on the lees- but normally the rule of thumb is to rack after 60 days if you have lees, or earlier if the lees are 1/4" thick or more.

 

[TimKonn2]

You don't want to age it on the lees- but normally the rule of thumb is to rack after 60 days if you have lees, or earlier if the lees are 1/4" thick or more.

yea, i set a reminder in my phone to rack again on January 26. from my pic i dont think i have that much, but it might build up more so i dont wanna wait a whole 60 days