Filtering Pre Or Post Lagering

[Maxt]

What is the consensus on filtering after fermentation is finished? I have a bitter that will sit in the fridge for a few weeks as my kegs are all full. Should I filter and put it in the fridge, or filter when I am ready to keg?

 

[Ross]

What is the consensus on filtering after fermentation is finished? I have a bitter that will sit in the fridge for a few weeks as my kegs are all full. Should I filter and put it in the fridge, or filter when I am ready to keg?

Filter when you are ready to keg; but if it's sitting in a fridge for 3 weeks, filtering is likely to be a wasted step - the beer should be perfectly bright by then

cheers ross

 

[cold...az]

I would agree there. I was thinking about getting into filtering, but decided it was too much trouble ( for me ) Once I discovered "true" lagering and how it clears your beers so well, I never gave filtering any more thought.
I bottle my beers so guess I may be in a different ball park to you keggers. I have also discovered the joys of cold storing my ales at around 9 degrees and how this produces crystal clear beer after a while too,
the secret is to brew often so you don't use up the beers that are clearing before they have time to clear