Duck Redbeard wrote:
> >
> > Duck Redbeard wrote:
> >>I can shine a flashlight on the carboy and see light through the wine.
>
> > then "JEP62" > wrote in message
> > This concernes me a bit. The real test is to shine the flashlight
> > perpendicular to your view and NOT see the light beam. If you're
> > shining the light 180 degrees from your view point and see the light,
> > there can still be a lot of junk suspended in the wine.
> >
>
> I thought my original post was in plain English, let me try again...

English but vague.

>
> When I hold a flashlight up to the side of the carboy, shining the light
> into the wine, and then look into the flashlight lens from the other side of
> the carboy, I can clearly see the facets of the flashlight reflector. I am
> not seeing stuff suspended in the wine.

You're doing it wrong. This really doesn'y show if the wine is clear or
not. Hold the flashlight on the right side of the carboy and view it
from the front. If you can see the light beam in the wine, it's not
completely clear.

Andy