Haze after adding spices to secondary?

[jalopy19]

I had the following mead one gallon batch started (no heat method):

3lbs Orange Blossom Honey
nutrient/energizer stepped additions
Lavin 71B-1122 dry packet (rehydrated with goFerm)

Starting gravity 1.019

3 weeks in totally clear and a gravity of 0.995

2 weeks later racked onto the following spices directly (without any pre-boil):
Twelve whole cardamom pods
One large split vanilla bean
One about six inch cinnamon stick (these had been sitting around in a twisty tied bag for about a year maybe?)
Two small cloves

In a day it went from being totally crystal clear to very hazy and with a fair amount of some almost "fluffy" something at the bottom of the one gallon glass jug.

I racked it today onto 1/2 tsp sorbate and 1 crushed camden tablet to stabilize before I back sweeten.

Has this happened to anyone? Thoughts?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

My guess would be the haze & "fluffy" bits were from the cinnamon. Cinnamon tends to generate a sort of mucilaginous substance in a fermentation, even in stick form; powdered is really nasty. Not sure about cardamom, I've no experience with it.
Regards, GF.

 

[jalopy19]

That was my thought too. There was a "fluffy" something on the cinnamon. I've added cinnamon to primary before and not had a problem. I think, ultimately, I'll have to clarify after back sweetening.

 

[JINKS]

My guess would be the haze & "fluffy" bits were from the cinnamon. Cinnamon tends to generate a sort of mucilaginous substance in a fermentation, even in stick form; powdered is really nasty. Not sure about cardamom, I've no experience with it.
Regards, GF.

Isn't that just a fancy word for snot? I see the start of mucus there. I had that problem with the cinnamon in my pumpkin ale.