spud wrote:

> Have a Pear Melomel that I bottled like a dumby while a bit cloudy.
> It's now cleared nicely but of course there's fluff in the bottle.
>
> I'd like to re bottle it. Thought about opening the bottles and
> siphoning into a carboy to let it settle then bottleing. Another
> thought was siphoning directly into bottles and recorking.
>
> The benifits of the former is it'll have a better chance to clear
> before bottling agian. The draw back I see is O2 exposure.
>
> The latter has the advantage of maybe minimizing O2 exposure but
> probably can't get it as free of fluff.
>
> I'm leaning to the carboy method but would appreciate any thoughts on
> this.
>
> Thanks
> Steve (why noir)
> Oregon

I would go with the carboy method. I would just pour it in, maybe add some
bentonite, add some sulfite to compensate for the O2 exposure. Trying to
siphon out of a bottle would be a PITA

Paul