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I'm looking into making more sessionable meads and have heard that adding some LME or DME to the must can greatly improve body, bring more complexity and also provide a much better environment for the yeasties. To clarify, I'm looking at making something that is more mead than beer, so not your...

What kind of yeast did you use? It could simply be that the strain you used has a more beer friendly aroma profile. Although unlikely, it could also have been a bad (or old) batch of yeast. While its probably there to stay, the only way to really know if that yeastiness will ever go away is to...

The bubbling from the initial fermentation shouldn't last much longer than a few days. It is possible your fermentation is "frozen;" I've never used bakers yeast, but for mead, even with wine and mead specific yeasts, you generally need to add some nutrients. Must made from honey, water and even...