question on fruit

[LoneTreeFarms]

I started a batch of mead, based on Curt Stock's Super Berry Mead from BrewingTV, a week ago. but what I didn't read or see on that episode is how long should I leave the fruit in?

I've been removing the fruit almost daily to aerate, add staggered nutrient, give the bag a squeeze, introduce oxygen etc.

the bag has drastically decreased in size over the past week, I'm just curious how long I should leave the fruit in, I though I read somewhere that after a week it should be pretty well ravaged and removed from the batch but I can't remember where I read that.

thanks

 

[fuelish]

If I put fruit in primary, I generally just leave it until I rack to secondary, as long as it's stayed submerged and not growing anything fuzzy

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

okay, so how long do you usually leave it in your primary? about a month sound about right?

 

[fuelish]

Yeah, I guess, give or take...it depends, and I never really keep all that good track of dates/time, really...mead is pretty forgiving stuff

 

[damdaman]

If you've been squeezing the bag daily, I think a week is plenty personally.

 

[Arpolis]

Just wait till the gravity gets as low as 1.010 or lower. Any time after that you can rack and/or remove fruit. I usually wait until fermentation is over. For some recipes that can be 2 weeks. For things like JOAM it takes 3 months before your ready to rack off the fruit. As said before. Mead is pretty forgiving.

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

Thanks everyone! Fermentation is still going strong and the fruit is still in the mix. Made plenty of wine and I assumed this was similar but had a little nervous moment on how long to leave it in. Tomorrow marks two weeks. I'll check the hydro reading then. Cheers. And thanks again.