G'day all, I was thinking about putting my brew through a waterjug filter before bottling. Anyone done this? Any feedback on wether this is a good idea. I cant stop my brain thinking!! :unsure: .
Cheers Greg
Why? What are you trying to acheive by doing this? Myself i think there is more to be lost than gained and it would be a slow process.
Putting your fermenter in the fridge for a week at 2-4deg after ferment has stopped will help to clear your beer without the risk of oxidising your brew. Also once the bottles have had time to carbonate put them in the fridge for a few days before cracking and most yeasts will stick to the bottom of the bottle like mud.
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Brad will cold conditioning the fermenter in the fridge at that temp affect the carbonation of the beer once bottled? Just worried doing something like that will stop co2 happening in my bottles after bottling
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If you mean one of those jugs with a carbon filter in them
DON"T
The carbon will strip out most or all of the hops, bitterness, taste and aroma it will take the bloody lot, as I found out the hard way.
MHB
There will still be enough yeast in suspension to chew up the carbonating sugar and carbonate your beer. The yeast just goes to sleep at the cold temp but when the bottles are filled and stored out of the fridge they will kick back in.
I use this method with every brew now as I keg but generally have a few bottles with each batch and dont have any issues. They may need a couple of days more to carbonate than usual.
Edit= Just watch out if you put your bottles in a cardboard box after filling and capping as the condensation on the outside of the bottles will soak the bottom of the box.
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