Hello,
Okay, here's the background:
September 20, 2009: My mead had cleared, so I flushed a carboy with CO2, transferred the mead for bulk aging, added potassium sorbate and cinnamon oil (AHA Conference '06 Fireball Mead recipe), and inserted an undrilled stopper.
Yesterday (December 17): Transferred another mead to a conditioning tank so I decided to check on the Fireball. In the passing months it has changed from crystal clear to very cloudy, to the point that I can no longer see through it. My first thought is oxidation from the cinnamon oil; I figure, if a drop of olive oil can provide enough oxygen (see various articles in Zymurgy, BYO, and on this forum) for one to avoid the oxygenation step, cinnamon oil could probably do the same. Unfortunately I didn't have a sanitized thief to take a sample, but the mead had a lovely sweet cinnamon roll aroma to it.
Is this oxidation or something else? Is there any way to clear this if it is O2?
Thanks in advance!
Okay, here's the background:
September 20, 2009: My mead had cleared, so I flushed a carboy with CO2, transferred the mead for bulk aging, added potassium sorbate and cinnamon oil (AHA Conference '06 Fireball Mead recipe), and inserted an undrilled stopper.
Yesterday (December 17): Transferred another mead to a conditioning tank so I decided to check on the Fireball. In the passing months it has changed from crystal clear to very cloudy, to the point that I can no longer see through it. My first thought is oxidation from the cinnamon oil; I figure, if a drop of olive oil can provide enough oxygen (see various articles in Zymurgy, BYO, and on this forum) for one to avoid the oxygenation step, cinnamon oil could probably do the same. Unfortunately I didn't have a sanitized thief to take a sample, but the mead had a lovely sweet cinnamon roll aroma to it.
Is this oxidation or something else? Is there any way to clear this if it is O2?
Thanks in advance!