Filtering How I Do It

[sav]

For those that are thinking of filtering this is how I done my mild today, i keep it in my fermenting freezer keeps it noice and cold.

savy

 

[sav]

Finished, the mild was in cc for 5 days so it was pretty good but now its bright and shiny.

 

[Pumpy]

Neat Sav what pressure do you filter at ?

How long does it take ?

 

[andrewsydes]

Finished, the mild was in cc for 5 days so it was pretty good but now its bright and shiny.

Erm... I think you've got some bitching chill haze there. May just be the photo... Did you use polyclar on that one?

 

[sav]

Neat Sav what pressure do you filter at ?

How long does it take ?

I use about 5psi pumpy,and about 10 to 15min a keg.
cheers.

 

[sav]

Erm... I think you've got some bitching chill haze there. May just be the photo... Did you use polyclar on that one?

Its the photo man no haze here in sav camp
cheers

 

[raven19]

Here is my method of late - as something a little different, using gravity only.

Saves on Gas!

 

[oldmacdonald]

How do you releive the pressure in the receiving keg? Just burp it every now and then?

 

[Fourstar]

See the tower of doom!

Here is my method of late - as something a little different, using gravity only.
Saves on Gas!
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Im waiting for the day i hoist it up, slip and drop 23L of beer all over the bar and kitchen floor. :lol:

 

[argon]

How do you releive the pressure in the receiving keg? Just burp it every now and then?

I just leave the pressure relief valve open in the receiving keg (after it's been pressurized) the incoming beer pushes the CO2 out of the way.

Filtered and kegged 3 batches last night 2 pushed by gas 1 via gravity... safe to say i'll be avoiding the gravity method... just takes too long for me. Especially when it's the third batch. Yes it saves on gas, but i attend to my brewing hobby with whatever little time i have here and there and prefer to just get in the kegs quick (and bright of course)

The 2 by gas at about 25 - 30kpa took a little less than 10 mins and the gravity took about 30 mins.

 

[raven19]

See the tower of doom!

Im waiting for the day i hoist it up, slip and drop 23L of beer all over the bar and kitchen floor. :lol:

I dont even want to know how you get that full fermentor up there... :blink:

Watch the back when hoisting it fella!

 

[Fourstar]

I dont even want to know how you get that full fermentor up there... :blink:

Watch the back when hoisting it fella!

With brute force and ignorance. If going from floor to shelf its abit of hard work but if i go from the bench its pretty easy, 50L wouldnt happen!

 

[MarkBastard]

How much beer do you lose to the filter?

 

[raven19]

I suspect its 0.5 - 1L lost.

Last brew was a 20L cube worth of beer (so actually around 22L of wort) - filled a 19L cornie plus 2-3L of bottled beers easily.

Filtering 2 beers one after another means less losses still as long as you dont mind a little mixing in the second keg as beer 2 passes through the beer 1 filter!

 

[MarkBastard]

Is there any way around that? Can you turn the filter upside down or at least tilt it near the end to get more out?

 

[argon]

I lose maybe half a litre to the filter. Syaing that the filter is pretty much empty at the end of the process. I chalk out this to losses, same as losses to trub or losses to kettle. All my recipes take this into account and i have no problem with it.

Well worth tossing 1 pint for bright beer... probably same losses as filling straight from fermenter and tossing the first pint outta the keg, cause the pickup tube has picked up some yeast on the bottom of the keg.

After filtering 3 batches the other night and having the first couple of pints last night, seeing that crystal clear beer makes it all worth while.

 

[raven19]

Is there any way around that? Can you turn the filter upside down or at least tilt it near the end to get more out?

Possibly mate, I have only been using it on a handful of batches thus far having only bought one a short while ago.

I saw another brewers pic of the filter sitting upside down - could possibly save a pint or two. Once I fill the keg, I seldom feel like washing bottles to save the last portion though...

Edit - Sav's post above has this pic of filter upside down.

 

[zoidbergmerc]

I use gravity to filter my beer too but I don't hoist it up 2M above the ground.

The fermenter is on the table and the keg is on the ground, you just need to make sure the top of the filter is lower than the fermenter tap and the top of the keg is lower than the outlet on the filter.

To prevent wasting beer when the keg is almost full I disconnect the filter from the fermenter and use CO2 to pump out the remaining brew into the keg. Or if I forget to leave room, into a pint glass. Nothing like luke warm flat beer from the fermenter!

 

[MarkBastard]

Yeah I'm not really trying to be a tight arse, more thinking would I need to do slightly bigger batches.

I suppose the fact you can get every last bit of beer out of the fermenter knowing that the filter will remove any disturbed yeast means that it may even out anyway. I very rarely get all beer out of the fermenter. Just in one of those pics the filter looks like it's 1.5L or so!

 

[andytork]

I use gravity to filter my beer too but I don't hoist it up 2M above the ground.

The fermenter is on the table and the keg is on the ground, you just need to make sure the top of the filter is lower than the fermenter tap and the top of the keg is lower than the outlet on the filter.

To prevent wasting beer when the keg is almost full I disconnect the filter from the fermenter and use CO2 to pump out the remaining brew into the keg. Or if I forget to leave room, into a pint glass. Nothing like luke warm flat beer from the fermenter!

My fermenting fridge is 2m above the ground, this way I can drop the temp real low then filter straight out of the fridge without stirring up the crap moving it.

I use the Ross adapter and filter kit, silicon hose (over the tap) into the guest fitting, through the filter, straight into the beer out post.