Sampling must with pulp: Filtered wine thief?

[rhodesengr]

Just wondering if there is an actual device or gizmo to take a sample from must with (plum) pulp co-mingled with the liquid. I have a wine thief on order but I am guessing that will get clogged in the pails where I didn't use a mesh bag. I was thinking about wrapping some nylon mesh on the end of the wine thief, but it hasn't come in yet so I have not been able to try that idea. Seems like a pretty common thing to have to do but I did some searches on terms like "filtered wine thief" and didn't come up with much. I've been making due by scooping up some must and straing that but I figured there must be an easier way or a specific tool for the job.

 

[sour_grapes]

I just push a kitchen strainer down into the must, then use a regular thief to pick up liquid from the middle of the strainer.

 

[rhodesengr]

That works great. Thanks.

 

[mainshipfred]

I just push a kitchen strainer down into the must, then use a regular thief to pick up liquid from the middle of the strainer.

I do the same thing as Paul but use a turkey baster to get the liquid.

 

[balatonwine]

I just push a kitchen strainer down into the must,

Clever. And I actually bought a special wine making gizmo to do this. And it was really little more than simply a longer tubed shaped over priced kitchen strainer....

 

[winemaker81]

You can also wrap the thief with a very fine mesh bag.

 

[distancerunner]

Kitchen strainer and a 250 ml beaker work great.

Never thought of using a baster, which is what we use for sampling in lieu of a thief.

 

[Raptor99]

I made a filter tube based on the suggestion by @winemaker81 in this post EC-1118 slow?

Wrap the filter tube in a mesh bag, and use your wine thief to take a sample from inside.

[Edited to add his photo]