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  1. PartyPooper

    Ordered My Filter

    My fourteen day "ale" routine goes something like this: - in the fermenter for 10 days - transferred into a spare corny for additional fermentation period of 3 days (longer if I can wait) - overnight in fridge chilling down - transferred into another corny via a 3-stage filter - force...
  2. PartyPooper

    Filtered Beer V's Non Filtered In Comps

    Although I like to filter my beer for clarity, beer to me, is primarily about taste, therefore IMHO, the vast majority of points should reflect such. In homebrewing, clarity is a nicety, not a necessit (for me anyway).
  3. PartyPooper

    Filter Size?

    Yes, the 1 um absolute and the 0.35 um nominal. The 0.5 um is a rolled filter.
  4. PartyPooper

    Filter Size?

    I force mine through using less than 10 psi and it doesn't overload the beer at all.
  5. PartyPooper

    Filter Size?

    I flood the receiving keg with some CO2 to provide a layer and fill from the bottom forcing the air out through a one-way valve. I don't flood the filters with CO2 because there isn't much air to react with.
  6. PartyPooper

    Filter Size?

    I always chill the beer before filtering but find the keg will display chill haze after 2 days or so after filtering. Whatever it is, it's not being caught by the 3-stage filter. This is essentially what I do to lager/ales: - ferment for 7 -10 days - rack to keg - chill @ 2-5 C for 7 - 10 days...
  7. PartyPooper

    Filter Size?

    I filter the water out of the tap using an activated carbon based filter, as well as, the fermented beer in a multi-stage filter setup (1um absolute, 0.35 nominal and 0.5 nominal) and I'm yet to taste much of a difference. It produces crystal clear beer but I still suffer occasionally from...
  8. PartyPooper

    Home Brew Shops

    Speaking of home brew shops, anyone tried the one located in Boronia (Melbourne)? I believe its called The Brewers Den. I've driven past it a few times (it's in the main street) and was wondering if it was well stocked and the prices were good.
  9. PartyPooper

    Fermenting In A Corelius Keg

    Thanks Doogiechap, it was good reading. Because I have a fermentation vessel, it'd be a waste not to use it properly. I guess what I'll end up doing is filtering and transferring from the fermenter and into a CO2 flushed keg after 14 days. Once filtered and in the keg, I don't foresee any...
  10. PartyPooper

    Help Used Napisan In My Aluminium Boiler

    If you don't like the colour, you can colour and anodise it (or just re-colour it). Colouring is simple - hot boiling water + strong alkaline dye from your local chemist = newly coloured inside (keep it on the boil for at least 10 mins or so). Not sure about the "durability" of the colour...
  11. PartyPooper

    Fermenting In A Corelius Keg

    Forgot to add, considering the average room temp in my house is about 20 deg, would it be acceptable to make kit lagers and leave them in the keg to ferment longer before filtering, force carb'ing and putting them on tap?
  12. PartyPooper

    Fermenting In A Corelius Keg

    Thinking about using some spare 19L corny kegs as fermentation vessels so I got a couple of newbie keg Q's: If it's a pressurised container, why do you have to leave the pressure valves open? If you're fermenting in the keg, does it matter that the CO2 created may be dissolved into the wort...
  13. PartyPooper

    How Much $ Is Too Much?

    I'm a kit brewer that started back in the late 80's doing bottles like everyone else (I have since moved on to kegging). Initially it was just an experimentation thing for me and then it became a monetary thing but over the years kits have become much more palatable than commercial beers and...
  14. PartyPooper

    Water

    Thanks for clearing that up shonky, muchly appreciated . I guess by having a filter attached to the kitchen tap, I don't need to worry about chlorine & bugs :D
  15. PartyPooper

    Water

    I use filtered water with my kits not because I have to but simply because a filter is already fitted to the kitchen tap anyway (it's one of those KMart jobbies with a replaceable carbon filter good for about 400-500 litres). The only downside is that it's slow at filling the fermenter - takes...
  16. PartyPooper

    Beer Saves House From Fire

    Damn, a AHB member.. condolences on your shed and brew gear mate. Hopefully, it won't take you long to be up and brewing again soon.
  17. PartyPooper

    Watering Down Your Beer

    Ahh, so the pumping station adds it during the filtration process - now I understand. Thanks. Cheers PP
  18. PartyPooper

    Watering Down Your Beer

    I don't understand - how can boiling remove dissolved oxygen? I've never been good at chemistry, however,I do know that water is H2O so if you remove the oxygen, all you're left with is Hydrogen (a gas). Of course, boiling doesn't split water into Hydrogen and Oxygen (it produces water vapour...
  19. PartyPooper

    Chest Freezer Copper Coil Fittings

    Matt, I'm confused - you say it's working ace but you're after a part to connect it to the beer line? Is it working (as in chilling down the brewskies) or did you mean it just looks like it'll work good in the freezer? Cheers PP
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