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Mead with blackberries, will it ever clear?

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Okay, I have made some mead using 4lbs honey in a 1gallon total batch, fermented with lalvin 1116, and a dash of fermax nutrient. It fermented to the point I was happy with it, then I added about 1lb of frozen raspberries, and 1lb of frozen blackberries to the 'secondary' fermentation phase. I then stopped fermentation by racking off berries and onto sorbate and metabisulfite about a week or so later (it was very blood redish, and not clear at all).

It has been a while now, and still not clearing up. Will it ever clear? How long shoudl I let it wait until I try bentonite, or somthing to help clear it up?
 
it should clear with time. you could use some fining agents if your itchin to bottle it, but some meads are just stubborn and take a while to clear.
 
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