Whoa...is this an unusually large amount of sediment?

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FuggleHops

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This started out as a cyser with 12lb honey and 4gal apple juice, and fermented for 13 days in primary before I racked it to secondary along with 7.25lb of canned cherries. It has been in secondary for 6 days now, and I haven't been paying attention to it since racking, but now I realized that there's a ton of yeast sediment! At the end of primary there was less than 1/4" of sediment, but after 6 days in secondary, there's over 1.25". Should I rack it again soon? I feel like I should let the cherries sit for a while longer.


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In a 5 gallon batch, with fruit, that isn't a great deal at all.

As to racking, well that depends on the yeast really. If the fruits still in there, then no, if its already been removed, and the yeast is one that's not routinely used for batonage/sure lie ageing, then yes.
 
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