Please tell me if you have had any success keeping a batch like this. I wanted to make a really strong mead that is drinkable. So I sterylised a 5 gallon bucket, knife, chopping board and a muslin cloth and hydrometer. I added 8 KG honey to just under 5 gallons of boiling water. I put in the juice of a shed load of lemons, oranges and limes. I then quartered up the fruit and chucked it in thinking whats the harm it might add some flavour. I grated the zest of the before mentioned fruit to the surface and added one chopped up mango and lots of cinamon sticks,cloves and raisens. I gave it all a really good shake checked the specific gravity (1.070). Then added still spirits classic turboyeast and turbocarbon. I didn't have a water trap attachment for a bucket so I put a muslin cloth over the bucket and put the lid on but not tight. It ferment fast over the following week pissing out gas in the corner of the room. It has been a week the fizzing has slowed but can still be heard if you are within 50cm, the barrel is basically green the mango and oranges have the most mould attached and I tried a bit of the mead and it tastes like the devils anus. Should I throw it out or put it through a muslin cloth (strain it), have some carbon filters which I could put it through, basically I want to know has anybody been able to make a batch like this drinkable or seen it come out fine after a few months. If so what did you do? cheers for reading, good luck brewing. Dan. I Would like to attach photos but they exceed the data quota by 22 Kb anyone know how to get around this data limit?