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Old 26-11-2006, 09:45 PM
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Default Mucky bottoms

The sludge at the bottom of a finished but not racked wine is dead yeast cells. When it is dead you cannot use it again. Wines usually finish at about 12-15% alchohol and so does the yeast. This is why you should rack the clean stuff off often, otherwise you get the mousey smell and taste that is reported here often and puts people off for life. Happy brewing

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