Racking

[Thomas]

Winemaking--mead. You have me confused.

In any event, racking is indeed a transfer from one vessel to another, hopefully leaving behind as much of the settled stuff at the bottom for each transfer until you have a clear enough liquid before filtering, if you are filtering.

With wine, if you don't rack you will cause the yeast cells resting on the bottom to ultimately create off odors and ruin the wine.

I don't know anything about making mead. That's because I never produced mead and I never read a book on how to make it, which is what you should do--get yourself a book on how to make wine, mead or whatever you plan to produce.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 03-04-2004).]