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[Brewer Pete]

What makes a mead clear naturally. Is it the ABV of the yeast being reached only or is itthe depletion of fermentables in the must? In other words if your SG gives you a potential ABV of 8% and you pitch on a yeast with an ABV of 14% will the mead clear naturally on its own at 8% ABV or will manual clearing additives be required to clear it?

[ScottS]

...it will all naturally clear if you give it enough time to do so.

Yep. It has nothing to do with ABV as far as I know. It can vary by the type of yeast used, some yeasts clump together and fall out of solution better than others.

[BeesNBrews]

My meads are always the most difficult to clear. A blueberry wine will clear fine, but make it a melomel and it just stays hazy. They all eventually clear over time. I used to bottle them and live with a bit of sediment, but the older I get and the better stocked my cellar, the more I am able to let it bulk age for a year or more and bottle a perfectly clear mead.

[MolBasser]

What makes a mead clear naturally. Is it the ABV of the yeast being reached only or is itthe depletion of fermentables in the must? In other words if your SG gives you a potential ABV of 8% and you pitch on a yeast with an ABV of 14% will the mead clear naturally on its own at 8% ABV or will manual clearing additives be required to clear it?

It will follow Stoke's lawhttps://en.wikipedia...iki/Stokes'_lawBrewBasser

[ScottS]

It will follow Stoke's lawhttps://en.wikipedia...iki/Stokes'_lawBrewBasser

Nerd.