What to do with sediment at bottom of carboy?

[suecasa]

septic??

Refrigerate it for a few days and then use a siphon to reclaim the wine on top. Sometimes we siphon it off and drink it or sometimes it is used to top off. It just depends on what stage we are at in the fermentation on how it is used.
Then the lees are poured down the sink drain where it goes into our septic tank where it can work some more on that sludge.

I wondered about that .. we are on a septic too and i wasnt sure if the lees would be a benefit or harm … so it's a good thing?? yeah!!

 

[JohnT]

Elmer,

Are you sure you are not from new jersey???

 

[Sammyk]

Since the sludge may contain some active yeast it could very well be a good thing. It certainly does not cause any harm.

 

[Terri]

How long can you keep you slurry in the fridge. We just racked two batches of wine and have one batch of skeeter pee we are just starting and will use one slurry for, but hate to waste the second batch of slurry.