My first gallon of mead... I went against convention and did not boil the
water and honey together. I will next time. I wound up with quite a hazy
mead. I fined with a good amount of bentonite, for a good amount of time,
following fining instructions per Jack K. It was considerably better but
still not as clear as desired. I went ahead and bottled it. It was just a
tad dryer than I wanted so I used a conditioner/sweetener before bottling,
with invert sugar and K sorbate. I used a sparing amount. What happened
overnight after bottling was a miraculous clearing with a 1/2-inch
gelatinous sediment at the bottom of each bottle. I carefully uncorked and
poured the contents, less sediment, back into a gallon jar secondary. Did
the conditioner really behave as a clearing agent? and if so how? Anyway,
the mead tastes great, and is clear as a bell. Just wondering if anyone has
seen something like this, or can perhaps explain just what happened.

Quixote