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Default Gravitational Clarification


"Yadda Yadda Yadda" > wrote in message
y.com...
> In article k.net>, "Bob"

> wrote:
> > I know a lot of people use clarifying agents; is there anyone else

out
> >there who lets it all clear just by the simple passage of time and

gravity?
>
> That's what I do for most of my wines.
>
> > I do my ferment, add campden tablets after a couple months to stop
> >fermentation as much as possible, watch it settle to near-crystalline
> >clarity, then rack into another carboy, add preservative and wait for

final
> >clarification. It can take a very long time....... ;-)

>
> Yep. And no matter how clear I think it is, in a year or so I always see a
> little more sediment drop out in the bottles anyway.

Isn't it amazing!? All my bottles have fine line of sediment after a few
years...