"Tom S" > wrote in message om>...
> Assuming that moving the barrel is not an option, you need to use a siphon
> with a square end and a flexible impeller pump to suck out the stuff at the
> bottom. Blast the bottom of the barrel with water from a pistol grip nozzle
> and pump it out again. Repeat until the water runs clear and the barrel is
> empty.
>
I don't have a pump, but I assume I can just siphon it out... dunno
why I didn't think of that last night.

> Also, you're pushing the Bulldog Pup too deeply into the barrel if you're
> sucking (blowing?) lees through it. The idea is to separate the wine as
> cleanly as possible from the lees.
>
It was just juice until the very end, then it was a fairly violent
mixture of nitrogen and lees. Should all of the lees stay on the
bottom or would the force ever raise the lees from the bottom?