Have I a problem with my Mead

[Erichalfbee]

Could I just add something about bottling?
I was told by a commercial winemaking friend many years ago that if you bottle home made wine in a bottle with a screw top what you will drink is more or less what you have bottled. If you use a cork then the wine will change over time and will age and improve, hopefully.
I have bottled my last lot equally in plastic and in corked glass so will see

 

[oliver90owner]

Agreed, Erichalfbee.

I bulk store in demijohns, which will have limited exchange of gas above the wine/mead. I generally transfer each to half a dozen screw capped bottles, when required. Works for me as I am not expert enough to know whether any vintage would benefit from laying down for ten years or so. Typically, whites are drunk relatively young - 3 months to a year or so - and reds hopefully stay in the DJs for a couple years - but get consumed if they appeal on tasting. Seems like meads need treating more like reds, mostly.

For one thing, it is easier to adjust tartrates, acidity, etc, if in a bulk container. For another, any sweetness remaining will not so likely cause a bottle bomb due to later fermentation in a screw top....

 

[pargyle]

Could I just add something about bottling?
I was told by a commercial winemaking friend many years ago that if you bottle home made wine in a bottle with a screw top what you will drink is more or less what you have bottled. If you use a cork then the wine will change over time and will age and improve, hopefully.
I have bottled my last lot equally in plastic and in corked glass so will see

I've always used glass bottles and corks although with Aussie wines being virtually all screw tops I am tempted to recycle them and try them for wines - I've been using them until now for various cordials that I make - works well for those as once they are opened they are kept in the fridge and a screw top is easier ...

Like RAB, I generally age in the demijohn - and I use both corks and rubber bungs for demijohns and I've not noticed any appreciable difference. Then bottle in glass with a cork.

Be interesting to hear how your experiment goes ....