Filtering Beer

[banora brewer]

Hi Guys, I have just moved on to kegging and was looking at filtering my beer, whats the best way to go about this?

 

[Duff]

Filter

 

[woodwormm]

i too am new to kegging and filtering...

i've got this one http://www.beerbelly.com.au/filtering.html

and intend to go for the gravity option as to me it feels like wasting co2 to push through a filter.. also the cleaning/sterilising of another keg doesn't appeal to me...

good luck

 

[under]

Whats the difference between the two?

 

[Bribie G]

Same, by the looks of it. According to Ross you can gravity filter using the unit in about 20 minutes. Me I gelatine and polyclar in secondary/cold crash then keg.


Won't be getting one.

 

[under]

How many days extra work?

4 days here. Thats alot of time for $150

 

[Bribie G]

How many days extra work?

4 days here. Thats alot of time for $150

erm what work are you referring to? Just racked a batch onto gelatine for CC, now in the lager fridge and the primary fermenter is soaking overnight in Perc, and I did it in the breaks during Masterchef.

 

[Scruffy]

There's a break every thirty seconds in Masterchef. Shouldn't be too difficult...

 

[sav]

Its funny how the negatives for a filter a the people that don't use one,I do and yes,I did the gravity thing but if you are filtering a double batch its pretty slow going on the second.

I am extremely happy with my filter and its still the original filter cartridge in it after plenty of brews,as for waisting gas I only use about 5psi anyway so not that much of a drama and the second keg just gets hosed out and used in a rotation.

Hope this helps have a crack there will be a few hair pulling times but once sorted its well worth it.

cheers sav

 

[drsmurto]

I gelatine and polyclar and have been very happy with my beers. Super clear. Even inspired me to take pics and post them in the whats in the glass thread.

I've used my filter a few times but had so many issues i put it away with plans to only use it as a randall.

In a fit of motivation i filtered a keg of bo pils and kolsch on saturday.

I now know the difference between clear and bright.

I've never had a beer look so good, it sparkled.

Had a few chats with people who use filters and it was Boilerboy who summed it up best.

A filter is the final polish in the brewers armoury. The beer should be almost clear at that point and I still gelatine and polyclar prior to filtering.

Now i need to find something to use as randall as the filter is back in my good books! :beer:

Cheers
DrSmurto

p.s. keg to keg takes 20 mins.

 

[Bribie G]

Good point by the Doc, that the filter is the final polish - whilst I guess many brewers use the filter as a quick solution to getting a bright beer, and I wonder if that's given rise to a lot of the complaints over the last few years on this forum - from time to time - "my filter has stripped out all the hop flavour etc".

 

[Nick JD]

I wonder if gelatine and polyclar strip any flavours?

 

[Bribie G]

I wonder if gelatine and polyclar strip any flavours?

I suppose only in the sense that some beers are yeast-driven and clearing out all the yeast could change the character of the beer (HefeWeisen vs KrystallWeisen). And if polyphenol-protein structures have a flavour then no doubt Polyclar strips that out, thank gawd.

 

[under]

IS there any difference between the beerbelly filter and the craftbrewer filter. The price is 55$ more.

 

[under]

Have also just found this - http://www.clarencewaterfilters.com.au/sho...&added=true

Looks exactly the same. Fitted with a flow control and 1micro absolute filter for $96.

 

[woodwormm]

IS there any difference between the beerbelly filter and the craftbrewer filter. The price is 55$ more.

I don't think there's any difference.

I've bought quite a few products across different hobbies recently and usually choose the cheapest option, as the majority of products in our market now are all coming out of similar factories at similar quality from china.

Go the beerbelly one, mine's great. I think Beerbelly's philosophy keeps prices down. The guys at Beerbelly are great, they get all my beer money now!

 

[woodwormm]

just came across this one...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/10-WATER-FILTER-HOU...=item5d29978ed7

same housing, pressure relief too, which a lot of home based water ones don't have...

just need to buy filters (all 10 inch filters are the same)

bargain

 

[banora brewer]

Hi Ive decided to get a filter but just trying to decide between the clarence filters or the beer belly ones, does any one have any opinions? Also can you filter beer that has already been carbed?

 

[argon]

Hi Ive decided to get a filter but just trying to decide between the clarence filters or the beer belly ones, does any one have any opinions? Also can you filter beer that has already been carbed?

Banora good to see youre going down the filtering line properly used you wont be disappointed. Havent got round to taking some photos of my beers pre and post filter for comparison (digi cam decided to go sh*thouse) but when the next batch is ready (waiting for a free keg Ill be damned if Im going to go back to bottling) I will post some pics.

Ive filtered carbed beer before just use the method that Ross has written up for keg to keg transfer just chuck a filter in line and youll be sweet.

I have a Craftbrewer filter so cant comment on the other ones but worth it now doubt

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

I originally purchased a Clarence 1micron filter and persevered for quite a while because I *knew* that it would work if only I kept trying hard enough. I tried for a couple dozen batches.

I had issues with it sealing within the housing that I bought with it and tried all sorts of things to fix it.

I usually got clear beer, but was never convinced that it was as clear as it really should have been and when it didn't work, just spent a lot of time cussing.

Then, one day, I took a punt and bought a CraftBrewer filter. It was a lot of money for me and I dithered a lot about whether I should spend it or not.

I no longer have issues with sealing and I know that all the beer that passes through the filter passes Through The Filter. Nowhere near as much of it is left on the floor. I think it filters considerably better.

I know nothing about any other supplier's filters. I have no issues with the Clarence people themselves, and none with CraftBrewer.