D0ug
Well-Known Member
I made (my first) 3 gallons of mead in May. I waited until it had (mostly) cleared to rack to a secondary. Last week I was brewing with a friend of mine here in the basement, and I started getting antsy thinking about what to brew next. Having no money for more materials right now I decided to re-rack the mead.
I don't know why, it seems I might have read somewhere that racking a wine while it's bulk conditioning every month or two will help it clear.
Anyway, blundering about (maybe my auto-siphon was funked) I wound up decanting it into another 3 gallon carboy through a FUNNEL and it got foamy on top.
Fermentation is over, and it had already been racked once, so it wasn't krausen. I foamed up my mead with AIR.
I suspect it has been thoroughly oxygenated if not oxidized.
Is there anything I can do for it besides wait and see if it turns brown?
I don't know why, it seems I might have read somewhere that racking a wine while it's bulk conditioning every month or two will help it clear.
Anyway, blundering about (maybe my auto-siphon was funked) I wound up decanting it into another 3 gallon carboy through a FUNNEL and it got foamy on top.
Fermentation is over, and it had already been racked once, so it wasn't krausen. I foamed up my mead with AIR.
I suspect it has been thoroughly oxygenated if not oxidized.
Is there anything I can do for it besides wait and see if it turns brown?