My First Filtering Attempt

[warrenlw63]

Matt.

They're still selling them on Ebay.

Here

I reckon you'll do better price-wise. I'm pretty certain the vendor is the one I purchased mine from.

Warren -

 

[Ross]

$80... but I thought bunnings was the lowest price guaranteed

I'll have both types online this week.

Edit: Also make sure you use a good solid carbon filter - the granular type are prone to channelling...

cheers Ross

 

[hockadays]

ross,
roughly how much..

matt

 

[Ross]

ross,
roughly how much..

matt

Matt,

Sent you a pm - I don't want to hijack this thread - I'll start one in retail shortly.

cheers Ross

 

[Zwickel]

Gday mates,

a good question is certainly to ask why the heck I should filter a beer what clears by themself after storing a while.

But what about the presevability of the beer in case of not filtering it?
Does anyone knows the taste of yeast autolysis?
What if you move your keg to another place, means if you shake it a little?

Im sure, there are many more reasons to filter a beer, even if your beer gets not old enough for yeast autolysis.

Cheers, have a beer

 

[vlbaby]

I had my own virgin filtering experience today. I am stoked with the results. The beer I filtered was a belgian pale ale that has been in CC for about 3 weeks and had already had finings added 1 week before.
The filtering was a little bit of stuffing around but i think the results are worth it.
Anyhow here it is....




cheers

vl.

 

[Zwickel]

a beautiful pic vlbaby

since Ive filtered my first beer, i got stuck on it.

No more cloudy beers :beerbang:

 

[vlbaby]

i think i'll get hooked on this also zwickel. i know that the taste of the beer doesnt change much when filtering, but my own perception of the end product is what is important here.
also helps when serving to other non brewing people.

vl.

 

[doglet]

Stupid question maybe but here goes...

Is any beer lost in the lines and filter housing? Those housings look like they'd hold an SA schooner or two.

 

[normell]

Stupid question maybe but here goes...

Is any beer lost in the lines and filter housing? Those housings look like they'd hold an SA schooner or two.

So brew an extra litre for wastage

 

[Zwickel]

Is any beer lost in the lines and filter housing? Those housings look like they'd hold an SA schooner or two.

only a little bit in the tubes. After filtering is done, Im anyway thirsty, so I drink what is left in the filter housing. :chug:

 

[doglet]

Thanks Normell & Zwickel. Will keep an eye on these and see how the finances are going....spent too much on brew toys this year!!

 

[Pumpy]

I had my own virgin filtering experience today. I am stoked with the results. The beer I filtered was a belgian pale ale that has been in CC for about 3 weeks and had already had finings added 1 week before.
The filtering was a little bit of stuffing around but i think the results are worth it.
Anyhow here it is....


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cheers

vl.

Well done Vlbaby, I am a convert too

Pumpy

 

[Tony]

I just got my ceramic filters (0.9 micron) and have a filter housing sitting on 1 cent on ebay

VL baby...
I am planing a belgian pale ale for the maiden voyage of the BHB. I know its off topic but what did you use in it?

cheers

 

[Ross]

I just got my ceramic filters (0.9 micron) and have a filter housing sitting on 1 cent on ebay

VL baby...
I am planing a belgian pale ale for the maiden voyage of the BHB. I know its off topic but what did you use in it?

cheers

Tony,

Good luck with the ceramic filter, the surface area is too small except for a pretty clear beer in the first place. They also can be a real problem to clean, requiring scraping of the surface, from which their life is serverly depleated. A pleated filter has a surface area of nearly 6 sq feet & is good for up to a 100kegs+
Investigated every type - there's only 1 worth using

cheers Ross

 

[Tony]

maybe you will have to send me a unit for comparison mate

cheers

 

[vlbaby]

I just got my ceramic filters (0.9 micron) and have a filter housing sitting on 1 cent on ebay

VL baby...
I am planing a belgian pale ale for the maiden voyage of the BHB. I know its off topic but what did you use in it?

cheers

Tony, I'll pm you the recipe,

cheers


vl.

 

[oneills]

Well Guys, here is my second attempt at filtering beer. Maybe i should have started a new post.
The results are clearer to see - excuse the pun

This is a Munich Lager that was fermented in primary for 15 days. I would normally put into secondary for about 10 days but wanted to see if filtering would make the beer drinkable sooner.

 

[vlbaby]

Well Guys, here is my second attempt at filtering beer. Maybe i should have started a new post.
The results are clearer to see - excuse the pun

This is a Munich Lager that was fermented in primary for 15 days. I would normally put into secondary for about 10 days but wanted to see if filtering would make the beer drinkable sooner.

Looks great oneills! But clear beer is not the prime reason for the long wait when making a lager. A lager beer needs the additional time for maturing. If your after a quick beer, your better off brewing ales.

vl.

 

[tangent]

oneils, how much crud did you have left?
that's one hell of a difference!