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Smells of raspberry, alcohol and yeast. No off scents. After opening lid they fell off. Like I said in previous post they were very large, then went away. I had a very vigorous ferment for the first 5 days. Lalvin D-47 used for yeast.

Ok. Well just smelled it, no off scents they dropped off after taking photo, will see if they return. Was just a sight when I opened, very large. Almost filling the entire head space. Oh well panic hour over. Take care. Thanks for the quick response.

Could be. It's 8 days into fermentation. I've had an infection with a raspberry ale that looked similar to this but being I've never run into one with a mead I was concerned.

Does this look like an infection? When I opened lid bubbles were very big. This is a raspberry melomel.

I try to stir from top to bottom. Im not sure if you have a stalled ferment without looking at it or listening. You can hear the co2 at the surface sometimes. If you stir and see a little foam then it is fermenting. Honey alone does not have enough nutrients to keep a healthy fermentation so...

1.5 tsp. Would be ok. When I make my mead I add 1tsp every 24hrs for three days. Make sure to gently stir your must before adding as it will foam. This is called degassing. After the three days I let it sit undisturbed for about two weeks then start checking hydrometer readings. Once it has...

Blackberry on top. Apple cyser and raspberry on bottom. Hope these turn out. Used an eau de vie yeast coming close to 20% abv.

No I did nothing to sanitize. They were frozen store bought. I guess I have learned a valuable lesson here with fruit beers.

Should I let this bulk age? Or bottle age? how could this have happened? Im always very good about my sanitation.

Apple cyser.

I know its hard to tell by looking at a photo, but could this possibly be an infection? Raspberry ale in secondary just over two weeks.

Fatbloke... Did a reading today down to 1.030. Gives me about 12% abv, and yeast are still going strong!

Update..... did a yeast starter with the same yeast I am using, wyeast sweet mead.. added nutrient and booster. Yeast are going nuts. Degassed, and gravity dropped to 1.11 overnight.. looks like this might work after all. Thanks again for everyone's help.

I want to thank everyone for the advise. Correction to the hydrometer reading. The initial reading was 1.120. Just noticed the error. PH at 3.2

Any suggestions on what I could do to save? I used wyeast 4182.