I hear ya on the topping up. If it was just a few days I would let it slide, but now that I am thinking that it will be a bit to settle, they really need to be topped up.
I think that some more vessels are in order here as well. Damn.
Or; Rack like I proposed. Then on the six gallon one, add apple juice to the OG. That last one will be a blend of sorts. Keeping the rest a pure pear. I anticipate that it will take about a gallon to top off them all. So racking in this order: fill a sixer and a three gal, (those will be pure wine) then fill a three gallon with pure pulp, then the rest in the last sixer. This way, I anticipate that there will be a fair amount of wine before settling.
If my estimations from last night are correct (they did settle more overnight too) then I will have two gallons in the pulpy sixer, adding one gallon of apple wine.
Or, should I maybe do the last two in the opposite? Fill the last sixer with pure pulp, and top off the three gallon? I have plenty of growlers, magnums and wine bottles to rack onto when the last sixer settles out.
I'm starting to like the last idea more. This way I have 9 gallons of pear, three with an apple pear blend, and whatever I get off the sixer as pear. Hoping to get at least a couple of gallons off the sixer by the time it settles out.
Or if I add two more one gallon vessels, I wont have to blend at all. See, now I came back around! AAhhh! lol. I like the idea of not blending if I don't have to. A couple in one gallon jugs may be a good idea for experimenting, adding adjuncts if I wanted to later. Like maybe a tiny piece of cinnamon or vanilla or something. I'll ask about that later though.
Maybe I should start a recipe thread for this baby. This way I can track the progress all in one spot as the topic will no doubt shift away from the flocculation in time.