I'm racking my 3 gallon strawberry melomel tonight, did the 2 gallon cyser last night (into two, one gallon jugs). A racking cane would have been very helpful. I did tilt the cyser at a 45 degree angle the night before; someone on here said that it helped minimize the lees into a smaller footprint, so you'd be able to get more mead and less lees. I racked as close as I could, then swirled the lees with the little bit of mead left over and poured it into a plastic soda bottle and then put it in the fridge. Twice I've let out the pressure that has built. This has cleared some, and I can later use that last little bit to top up the jugs. Planning on doing the same, waiting now for the lees to settle down at an angle, then I'll save the lees in the fridge, for the melomel tonight.