My mead is almost eleven months old. 12 lbs of honey and 10 lbs of blackberries. I am going to bottle it this weekend. I bought 3 lbs of honey to sweeten it. It's a 5 gallon batch that is probably 4 1/2 gallons now due to "tasting" the mead periodically. Currently the mead is dry and a little...
That's residue from krausen, not yeast climbing...
Close the lid, give it another week without opening (3-4 weeks total). Darker beers and higher gravity beers usually take a little longer. Keg or bottle. I, like most around here, don't use a secondary unless I'm dry hopping. Hope this helps.
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