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Hello, I just started 20 gallons of mead, I've been making mead for 8 years or so and I haven't seen anything like this. I do it in 5 gallon batches, and did 4 last night. Today 3 are yucky looking, brown like tea and a gray/brown scum cap, something is going on but it isn't fizzy like I...

So I'm on probably my 7th batch of cider (after I started writing it down, probably really the 10th). I've cobbled together and fine tuned recipes over the years to my tastes (moderately high alcohol, perhaps technically Apfelwein), absolutely bone dry finish. This is what I did/plan to do this...

I have a very similar problem as earlier posts but not identical so I'm starting a new one. After the 1st racking my fermentation appears to be stuck and the cider is very cloudy and will not settle. This is my 9th batch and only one other has gone even remotely bad (it got funky smelling and I...