Hello all,
I have a mead bottled about 3 years ago that I just remembered about. Looking atthe batch was a sweet mead around 21% ABV. The corks were soaked in metabisulfite solution , corked, and the top of the bottle dipped in wax. Looking at the bottle now, the cork has blackened a little despite the mead being clear with some fine yeast residue in the bottle. Without opening one of these up, is it possible the mead is tainted because of mold? I would think the abv would keep funky stuff in check but maybe I have a bunch of garbage at this point. I am usually pretty great about my sanitation but not sure about with the metabisulfite.