03-01-2010, 12:48 AM
Casketmaker Wrote:I tried a coffee filter one time on a 1 gallon batch of wine I made and it didn't work so well. It will quickly clog and after messing with it for 30 minutes, you will get sick of the idea. I haven't come up with a cheap way to filter wine that actually works. The best thing I know to do is to be careful not to disturb the sediment by siphoning the wine out of the bottle instead of pouring it out.
The only way to completely clarify a beverage that I know if is by racking it. Siphon off as much as you can, leaving the sediment behind, and clarifying the siphoned wine, and then repeat until desired clearness. The improvement in subsequent transfers is in apperance, not taste, but that is a personal opinion.