My first gallon of mead... I went against convention and did not boil the water and honey together. I will next time. I wound up with quite a hazy mead. I fined with a good amount of bentonite, for a good amount of time, following fining instructions per Jack K. It was considerably better but still not as clear as desired. I went ahead and bottled it. It was just a tad dryer than I wanted so I used a conditioner/sweetener before bottling, with invert sugar and K sorbate. I used a sparing amount. What happened overnight after bottling was a miraculous clearing with a 1/2-inch gelatinous sediment at the bottom of each bottle. I carefully uncorked and poured the contents, less sediment, back into a gallon jar secondary. Did the conditioner really behave as a clearing agent? and if so how? Anyway, the mead tastes great, and is clear as a bell. Just wondering if anyone has seen something like this, or can perhaps explain just what happened.
Quixote