Beer Filter

[Wortgames]

Hi all. As you can probably tell, I'm not getting much time to dedicate to brewing these days, yet I am still being called upon to lubricate social events.

So it's 'kit ahoy' for me for a while, and I have homebrew heathens and nay-sayers to enlighten.

I haven't looked into filtering much before as I was always a bit anti-filtering, but I have to confess the idea of serving draught kit homebrew at social gatherings and having it look bright enough to silence even the most one-eyed VB drinker, is very tempting.

My SO has also offered to pay for it, so that the grog I serve at her 30th in a couple of weeks doesn't offend anyone.

So does anyone have any suggestions - types, models, suppliers, filter sizes etc?

The G&G website doesn't have much in the way of pics or info and it's all a bit new to me.

 

[fixa]

Craftbrewer sells a beer filter, i Think you need to have kegs for it to work though. Could be wrong.

 

[Jye]

Hey Wortgames,

The easiest way to go would be to get the filter kit from Craftbrewer. The most important part is to get a 1 micron absolute filter, you could get the housing from anywhere but it needs to have a release valve otherwise air/co2 will be trapped inside the housing.

A quick search should also bring up heaps of info.

Cheers
Jye

 

[Batz]

Craftbrewer sells a beer filter, i Think you need to have kegs for it to work though. Could be wrong.

Yes contact Craftbrewer through their site,Ross will gladly answer your questions I am sure.

Batz

 

[Wortgames]

Cool, say no more, thx guys. I'll excite Ross's electrons.

Gee he's been busy hasn't he?!

 

[hooky]

Is there any way to filter from fermenter to bottle for us non-kegging begginer types?

 

[Morrie0069]

Hey Hooky, I'd suggest filtering into another vessel that has a tap and then bottle from there.

 

[Jye]

Is there any way to filter from fermenter to bottle for us non-kegging begginer types?

Hey hooky check out this thread, on page 7 there is an example of pressurizing your fermenter to push the beer through the filter (might be a bit hard to do if you dont have a co2 cylinder) or on page 8 is an example of pumping from the fermenter through to filter. One thing to be aware of is the bottle will take longer to carbonate in the bottle.

Maybe get some kegs before a filter and try using gelatin in 2ndary to help clear your beer... it is fantastic stuff.

 

[tangent]

The Craftbrewer filter cleans up my beers a treat but don't forget chill haze is another thing all together. Not really a problem if you're using a can though.

 

[Mothballs]

"One thing to be aware of is the bottle will take longer to carbonate in the bottle."

Jye what sort of time frame are you looking at? An extra couple of weeks for safety? I bottled my Xmas case beer with priming sugar on Monday after filtering the beer first.

Cheers
Mothballs

 

[Ross]

"One thing to be aware of is the bottle will take longer to carbonate in the bottle."

Jye what sort of time frame are you looking at? An extra couple of weeks for safety? I bottled my Xmas case beer with priming sugar on Monday after filtering the beer first.

Cheers
Mothballs

Mothballs, to be honest I never found they took noticably longer to carbonate, but that's not saying they didn't. The filtered beer is just like a long cold conditioned beer, so should carbonate up pretty much the same. I reckon, add 1 week to be safe.

cheers Ross

 

[Jye]

"One thing to be aware of is the bottle will take longer to carbonate in the bottle."

Jye what sort of time frame are you looking at? An extra couple of weeks for safety? I bottled my Xmas case beer with priming sugar on Monday after filtering the beer first.

Cheers
Mothballs

I dont know yet, I filtered and bottled my xmas case and after 2 weeks it wasnt carbed. I have a couple of bottle for consumption this weekend so I hope they will be carbed (4 weeks since bottling).

 

[Maxt]

I am wondering if instead of pressurizing your fermenter with co2 to push it through, could you create a good seal by putting the nozzle of a bike pump through the airlock hole, and passing the filtered beer through to another fermenter that way?
Possible?

....I don;t care if it takes a bit of time, so long as it works!

 

[Frothy]

Buon Vino are great filters. They're electric.
http://www.buonvino.com/index2.html

depends how much you want to filter?
Matt
P.S. if your filtering anywhere from 5-1micron you will be removing the yeast
and so have problems bottle conditioning. Commercial breweries artificially carbonate.

 

[barfridge]

I am wondering if instead of pressurizing your fermenter with co2 to push it through, could you create a good seal by putting the nozzle of a bike pump through the airlock hole, and passing the filtered beer through to another fermenter that way?
Possible?

....I don;t care if it takes a bit of time, so long as it works!

I don't think force oxygenating your beer like that would be a good idea. There's a reason people use CO2.

You could do it, but I don't think you would like the results.

 

[albrews]

I don't think force oxygenating your beer like that would be a good idea. There's a reason people use CO2.

You could do it, but I don't think you would like the results.

hi tangent,
is the craftbrewer filter you refer to , the sand and diatomaceous earth (dme) one described by graham l saunders. or is there another type?

thanks

 

[Ross]

No, it's this one Albrews

cheers Ross

 

[albrews]

No, it's this one Albrews

cheers Ross

hi ross,

thanks for your reply and info and message understood

cheers albrews

 

[Wortgames]

OK, all good to go - thanks Ross for your excellent and swift service!

Just wondering - what does everyone do regarding sanitising the filter itself? Is there any reason not to soak it in iodophor before use?

Finally, is it best to store the element wet (in sanitiser) or dry it out between uses?

:beer:

 

[tangent]

i use a flush of phos sanitiser and a flush of boiled water
dry out as well as possible before storage so stuff doesn't try to grow in it