Hello all. I just added Bentonite to tmy must at the 1/3 sugar break. I got in a hurry and added one tablespoon to about a 1.25 gallon batch. How bad did I screw up? Thank you for any insight.
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Too much bentonite?
- Thread starter DendroScott
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its not overly soluble so you should just end up with the extra bentonite in your lees. you'll want to be VERY delicate when racking to avoid kicking any back up into the must and thus over into your new vessel. May also want to give extra time for it to settle as much as possible.
It seems to be fine. I've been rousing my yeast though I believe it finished up a week ago. Last rouse was Monday night and it's pretty clear already. I'll rack off the lees Saturday morning and see how it tastes. Thank you for your responses.
bentonite is a clarifying agent that can help clear your mead. It can be added to the primary to help compress the lees and clear things on the front end. The compromise is that all fining/clarifying agents also grab compounds that add flavor and mouthfeel. In general you only want to use as much of them as is required to clear the mead and no more.
