mead - is shaking the bottle necessary

I have made 2 batches of mead that are now coming to maturity. One at 11 percent, aged for 18 months and one at 18 percent, aged for 3 years.

I notice that both are very clear, beautiful bouquet and clean tasting, but with a bitter aftertaste. When I pour out the last dregs of the bottle into the glass, there is a little turbidity, but also a complete flavor change - there's sweetness added too that offsets the bitterness.

I wasn't expecting sweetness to somehow stratify in the bottle, yet I have this in both meads I've made so far - is this expected?

Topic serving bottling mead homebrew

Category Mac

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I've never heard of such a thing and it's hard to believe that "sweetness" could stratify. I've never seen that happen with any beverage. So I'd say no, it's not to be expected.

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