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I always use wine bottles with mead and generally I use the 375 ml bottles for very sweet meads or meads with fruit. I use the 750 ml for regular, medium or dry meads. For me, once the bottle is opened It needs to be finished off! :drunk:

I always use wine bottles and generally I use the 375 ml for sweeter meads and meads with fruit in them. For plain meads I use the 750 ml bottles. For me, once that bottle is opened it needs to be finished :)

I would say that if you want to play it absolutely safe then heat the mead. This will eradicate any chance of unwanted yeast and bacteria. If you are a bit more adventurous try it without heating. For a middle of the road solution you might try sanitizing your honey and water must mix...