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Vance G said:
<snip>...Please tell me, Am I a bad meadmaker?
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No, you're not a bad meadmaker...you've just discovered the hardest part about mead making; patience. ;D

It's not such a bad thing, since you get to drink some mead whenever you want. But, once you've seen and tasted the benefits of aging, it should help you to resist the temptation to allow for "evaporation" to happen again. ;)

I know some members here keg their mead during the aging process (Medsen comes to mind), which allows you to sample the mead whenever you want without fear of increasing the headspace, since it's sealed with CO2 blanketing the mead. Might be something for you to consider I you don't think you can resist the call of the mead.
 
I tested Sg just because I was there to check my cyser. SG now down to .998 I would say. The perceived sweetness is much less than the sample in the fridge that seems to have mostly disappeared. It does not taste as good as that sample either and has a lot of floc floating and doesn't seem to be clearing much. I could maybe see my hand on the other side of the carboy but I sure couldn't read anything. I am content to let this just sit and mellow. If it hasn't cleared by spring, I may wheel it outside on a just above freezing night and see if that won't clear it up, but no rush is the word I have gotten and I will follow that.
 
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