Just to reaffirm what Medsen said, I've had a couple go 4-7 months smelling like nothing, and then suddenly they started to smell (and taste) like honey again. It's pretty neat, can't wait to see what happens at 1 year, 2 years, etc.
is this normal ?
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Yes, siphon around the glob, taking as little of it as possible (preferably none). Consider it as the same as the lees layer at the bottom of your carboy. You don't want it in there when you are in the process of stabilizing your mead for bottling.
This is so true! I've been buying local honey at $25/gallon and the mead turns out great. I decided to try a batch of heather mead and blew $40 on about 2lbs of the stuff, and it is pretty funny tasting last I checked.
Oh, don't judge the heather too harshly Angel, it needs time - lots of time. It has a distinctive flavor with a bitterness in the finish that may not be to everyone's liking, but I've got some now that is hitting the 2 year mark and it is really improving. It's got another couple of years to go, but by then I hope it will be great. I think it is really good stuff - with the most powerful aroma of any honey I've tried.
Noted. The 1 gallon jug is sitting in the closet right now under airlock and will age for as long as it needs. The first time I tried the heather honey, it surprised the heck out of me: I was expecting floral and got punched in the face with smokey coniferous notes instead!
