Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1470, 12 May 2010 Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 22:45:47 -0600 (MDT) From: mead-request@talisman.com Mead Lover's Digest #1470 12 May 2010 Mead Discussion Forum Contents: Re: Commercial Reverse Osmosis for Mead (Mike Faul) NOTE: Digest appears whenever there is enough material to send one. Send ONLY articles for the digest to mead@talisman.com. Use mead-request@talisman.com for [un]subscribe and admin requests. Digest archives and FAQ are available at www.talisman.com/mead#Archives A searchable archive is at http://www.gotmead.com/mldarchives.html Digest Janitor: Dick Dunn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Commercial Reverse Osmosis for Mead From: Mike Faul Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 09:05:40 -0700 That would be an interesting idea. Reverse osmosis filtration separates out from bulk wine a "permeate" stream which is nearly pure water/alcohol, containing no color or flavors. This can then be distilled inline and the resulting water or alcohol added back to the wine to increase or decrease the alcohol content. I don't think that they are really using reverse osmosis but perhaps a modified cross-flow filtration or possibly a bulk lees filtration and then inline a .45 or .2 micron absolute filtration (ultra-filtration). But then again maybe I'm wrong. Not to brag or anything but I probably have the most advanced filtration system in the 'mead industry. Mike > Subject: Commercial Reverse Osmosis for Mead > From: docmac9582@aol.com > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:34:29 -0400 > > Reverse Osmosis > Nathan Boettcher asked about commercial use of reverse osmosis for mead. > Jilbert Winery in Valley View, Ohio uses it twice on their mead - once > before fermentation and a second time to remove the yeast when it gets to > the point they want to stop fermentation; and then sells the mead/honey > wine immediately. In my opinion, the mead tastes very clean with few > faults and compares favorably with most commercial meads - but is a bit > thin and young. Although good now, I have a bottle or two aging to see > what happens to it in a year or two. > Carl McMillin > Brecksville, OH ------------------------------ End of Mead Lover's Digest #1470 *******************************