chasemandingo
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So I started a blueberry melomel JAOM style on the 6th of October 2013. On December 6th the mead was still not clear. And is still not clear to this day. Since December it has been still producing bubbles in the wine. Not enough to bubble the airlock more than a bubble a minute or less but clearly not offgassing. I believe I have a spontaneous MLF going on since I popped off the airlock and there was no noticable acetic acid smell. I've been waiting since Dec. for this process to fizzle out and am getting impatient. The mead is gonna be way too sweet for my taste anyway but blending may not be an option since adding more malic back in could sustain the MLF longer or cause bottle bombs if i wait till this round of MLF is done. Anyway, is there a solid solution to my problem? I was thinking of doing a port out of this. Would the addition of kmeta and uping the overall ABV from 14% to 20% kill off the culprits?