Going to start kegging after many years of bottling beer. Watching YouTube, a brewer spoke of letting the beer "clear" for a few weeks before serving. I assumed he meant that he was cold crashing it prior to serving, but on his video he said that he fermented in only one bucket and used its bottom drain to fill the keg. Isn't it going to be nasty with hops and yeast? I clear my beer as part of the my …

I currently have a batch of mead fermenting and I'm a bit confused about the bottling process for a still mead. I would like to know the steps/process for treating the mead before bottling. Should I add the sodium metabisulfite immediately after fermentation or cold crash first? When should I add the fining gelatin? Should I rack it a number of times before adding the fining? Does the mead have to be degassed before bottling? Would I degas in the …