Dry hop cold crash fail

[user 31093]

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All of the things

 

[carniebrew]

Looks like the Masters equivalent: http://www.masters.com.au/product/100911178/hr-in-line-filter-13mm

Do these in-line filters not get all blocked up from hop and other trub matter, stopping the flow when bottling?

 

[user 31093]

Looks like the Masters equivalent: http://www.masters.com.au/product/100911178/hr-in-line-filter-13mm

Do these in-line filters not get all blocked up from hop and other trub matter, stopping the flow when bottling?

I'd imagine that's the point... If there's enough crap to block it up then you don't want it going in the bottles?

It's probably easy enough to clean out, I'll be giving it a whirl either tomorrow or night or the next, I'll post how it goes...

 

[Not For Horses]

Looks pretty similar to mine. They get a bit blocked but not enough to have a major impact on flow.

 

[user 31093]

Bottled a dry hopped beer tonight, after running off about 100mL I did a test tube with and without the filter (neglected to photo it)

Without filter had small presence of hops floaties and small amount of sedimentary trub.
With filter was completely clear of debris and did not have any sediment

After 30 750mL bottles there was about 1.5 inches that was blocked, the remaining 3 or so inches were clear.

Easy to clean, just ran water through it in each direction.

Other than to the actual tap, I didn't even need to secure it with the O-rings.

 

[popmedium]

http://www.irrigationwarehouse.com.au/prod1780.htm

Something like this Fletcher. Some clear pcv on each end to join and you're away.


Trub has been a big battle for me. I BIAB and it's just taken a while to get the method down.

Firstly, avoid as much trub from kettle to fermenter as you can. Whirlpool and run off slow if you have a tap. If you don't and you syphon, just be careful. Make sure you whirlpool and don't be afraid to leave a little wort in the kettle.

On the cold side, if I'm dry hopping I always rack over secondary as I've found you can loose a lot of hop character by dry hopping on yeast. By doing this you also leave a lot of junk in the bottom of the fermenter.

The downside to this is that if you use a lot of hops, you may end up with a trub line that goes above your tap and you may have to rack off again before bottling. This is increasing chance of infection or contamination.

Cold crashing the dry hops after having racked to secondary always works for me.

 

[user 31093]

Another potential use for these filters - new thread opened

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/76886-hop-infusion-bottles/