On Dec 13, 2:53*pm, spud > wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:25:21 -0500, "Paul E. Lehmann"
>
> > wrote:
> >spud wrote:
>
> >> Have a Pear Melomel... I'd like to re bottle it.
>
> >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
>
> Paul:
>
> It sure would be a PITA. *
>
> You know what, I could fix a racking tube to the bottom of a funnel
> and avoid splashing that way. *Better than pouring it down the side of
> carboy, eh?
>
> Steve

If you use thin tubing, siphoning out of a bottle is slow but clean.
I use oxygen tubing. Then you could dump the remainder into a bottle
or two for settling in a fridge.

Joe