Ok we are nearly 5 months into this now so thought I would post an update. The skeeter mead is just not clearing nearly as well as I would like it to. In my last skeeter pee I could see clearly through the whole 5 gallon carboy. My ginger mead right next to this one is crystal clear. I can see the silhouette of my hand well but this is not crystal clear. I racked it again and there was a small amount of lees at the bottom. The gravity right now is at 1.02. I want to bottle this in the next 30 days so I can free some space so I gave in and gave this a dose of bentonite. We will see what it does in the next 30 days. I tasted the gravity sample and it is nice. There is a bit of bite on the back end that I think is just hot alcohol. Still smooth but now there is a noticeable after taste of some alcohol. I tasted it side by side with my last Skeeter pee. The SP was sweetened with Splenda and I think I under did the Splenda and it is less sweet than the skeeter mead. The SP is more...wine like. Where as the skeeter mead is more lemony with a little honey character and a shot of week spirits at the end. I really like my SP but I think I like the SKeeter mead better. How is yours doing Atek? Are you having any clearing issues like mine?