My First Mead HELP

[wineon4]

I was given 20 lbs of honey, a very dark honey with a bitter taste. I made 5 gallon of traditional mead following a traditional recipe. It boiled and worked great for a week then died. The Mead was started in September 2014. I did everything I could think of from my wine making brain but could not restart it. This past week I started a strawberry/cranberry. This morning I racked the mead back into a primary and added the strawberry/cranberry that was boiling away into the mead. I then added a good dose of yeast nutrient to the batch. I now have a Strawberry/Cranberry Mead I HOPE. Any suggestion on how to proceed from this point? The friend who gave me the honey is expecting a nice mead from me this coming fall.

 

[the_rayway]

What was your S.G. reading at the start of the traditional and when it 'died'? Also the S.G. after you added the berries?
Did you kmeta/sorbate the traditional when it 'died'?

 

[Bergmann]

What was the starting SG of the mead. and what was the ending SG before you added the Stranberry?.... You will probably end up with a nice melomel, I have a blackberry cranberry melomel bulk aging that I think will come out well. It tasted great when last I racked it. I used Buckwheat honey in it.

 

[seth8530]

What kind of yeast did you end up using? All these details are important in determining the best course of action.