Mead gone bad?

[malanan]

Hi there,

I started doing my first batch of mead two weeks ago. And from the looks of is the fermentation should be done, however I realised during the process of the fermentation, that there was slowly forming a colony of a white mold which looks in a dark environment more greyish/green.
When I first saw it a was unsure if I should start over again or not so I decided to keep an eye on it,since it was quite small at the beginning and looked more like a white film, now however it grew quite a bit and I am pretty sure its not the white spots you get when you brew wine or the like which are harmless.
Therefore I wanted what this mold is and how I should handle it and mead.

Here are two pictures of the colony:

 

[Drewed]

Yep, that is mold. Bummer. Not sure how you managed that.

 

[Dr_Floyd]

I’ll second the not sure how you managed that reply, without a fruit cap drying out I don’t know how mold could be growing. Can you post your recipe and process?

 

[bernardsmith]

From the appearance of the mead it does not look as though there is any CO2 dissolved in the liquid. Are you certain you pitched active yeast? I would expect to see some bubbles in the liquid but perhaps your camera lens is not capable of picking up such fine detail ...