On Nov 29, 5:00*pm, "Paul E. Lehmann"
> wrote:
> Mark wrote:
> > hi all,
> > racked off 5 gallon pear wine after 10 days bubbling with all the fruit,
> > used muslin, might have squeezed too much 'cos got about 2 gallon of fine
> > pulp at the bottom, will this be a prob ?
>
> Probably not.
> Wait several days and that "2 gallons" of fine pulp will probably compact to
> a lesser amount.
>
> What I would do is wait about a week and then rack off from the lees.
>
> You can, if you wish, then transfer the lees to a smaller carboy and let set
> for another week and rack and recover some more wine that way.
>
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> To reply via email, remove the obvious
> Paul

Absolutely, it will continue to settle. I fine with bentonite and I
always combine the lees into full containers and let it resettle,
usually multiple times. I recover more than half, usually 3/4 of the
initial volume. What's left goes into the garden...

Joe