Filtering - anyone do anything?

[Notlaw]

Does anyone use any sort of filter to minimise the amount of sediment you end up with?

I'm not that arsed to be honest, but I know some people are a bit precious about it.

 

[MyQul]

Nope. I chuck everything in the FV apart from the hop debris - and sometimes that goes in too

 

[clibit]

What Qul said. :thumb:

 

[GlentoranMark]

When I was having major clarity issues I filtered one beer with a 5 micron filter and it turned out great. I used a sterilised clear filter housing but I didn't sterilese the filter. It worked fine by just gravity feeding.

It's a bit more hassle though and not something I'd do again unless I'm brewing clear lagers for my mates to drink.

 

[GlentoranMark]

^^ And when you bottle prime, it reintroduces sediment which sort of defeats the purpose. I kegged my filtered beer.

 

[Notlaw]

I should just buy darker glass and nobody would even realise there was anything there..!

 

[clibit]

I should just buy darker glass and nobody would even realise there was anything there..!

If you want clear beer there are various ways to make this more likely. The article below pretty much covers it, I would add yeast selection.

http://beermumbo.com/clear-homebrew/

 

[ManseMasher]

Nope. Que sera sera.

 

[MyQul]

If you want to minimise sediment in the bottom of the bottles rack to bottling bucket then leave for 30 mins then bottle. You'll end up with no sediment and a very thin layer of yeast at the bottom of the bottle.

If your looking for clearer beer, there are various ways as clibit has linked but if you leave your bottles in the fridge for two week's all the solids will precipitate/crash outeaving you with nice clear beer

 

[geigercntr]

For what it's worth, I pour my wort from the stock pot into my FV thru a colander lined with a square of muslin. Seems to get the worst of the bits out

 

[Battleaxe]

For what it's worth, I pour my wort from the stock pot into my FV thru a colander lined with a square of muslin. Seems to get the worst of the bits out

+1

Just to add I found a rectangular Sieve around 30cm x 15cm I boil a Muslin cloth and lay this inside. Transfer is OK takes me 5-10mins to pour my boil into a sanitised FV before I put it into a demijohn.

I don't like the idea of my beer sitting on hops and other stuff for 2 weeks while fermenting out.

 

[ManseMasher]

+1

Just to add I found a rectangular Sieve around 30cm x 15cm I boil a Muslin cloth and lay this inside. Transfer is OK takes me 5-10mins to pour my boil into a sanitised FV before I put it into a demijohn.

I don't like the idea of my beer sitting on hops and other stuff for 2 weeks while fermenting out.

Why not? All adds to the flavour? That is why I dry hop too, because anything in the liquid is going to add to the flavour. Think about a cup of tea - the longer you leave the bag in, the stronger (better) the taste.

 

[MyQul]

+1

Just to add I found a rectangular Sieve around 30cm x 15cm I boil a Muslin cloth and lay this inside. Transfer is OK takes me 5-10mins to pour my boil into a sanitised FV before I put it into a demijohn.

I don't like the idea of my beer sitting on hops and other stuff for 2 weeks while fermenting out.

Gotta agree with MM on this. Prompted by Tony51's thread about it,I've been experimenting with leaving the hop debris in the FV for the two weeks of fermentation. It certainly seems to boost the flavours

 

[Alan_H]

When I was having major clarity issues I filtered one beer with a 5 micron filter and it turned out great. I used a sterilised clear filter housing but I didn't sterilese the filter. It worked fine by just gravity feeding.

It's a bit more hassle though and not something I'd do again unless I'm brewing clear lagers for my mates to drink.

Use Irish Moss in the boil and high flocculation yeast. You'll get clear beers this way

 

[Hops_and_Dreams]

Some of mine turn out pretty clear and some turn out like pond water, not sure why and it's not just dry hopping as I do that for nearly all of them.

Whilst it's nice to have a clear pint, I'd far rather have a murky one that tastes good than a clear one that doesn't.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have read filtering can strip out flavour so a cloudy unfiltered one is probably better.

 

[Greenhorn]

So how (newb question alert), do the vast majority of beers sold in the supermarket get carbonated?

 

[Alan_H]

Whilst it's nice to have a clear pint, I'd far rather have a murky one that tastes good than a clear one that doesn't.

Indeed.. even Pilsner Urquell sells an unfiltered version of it [I've only found it in Plzen] which tastes better than their commercial version.

 

[brumbrew]

I (we) use a frying pan splatter mesh. Fits perfectly in the boiler ;-)

 

[Hoppyland]

Think about a cup of tea - the longer you leave the bag in, the stronger (better) the taste.

Not for me! With a teabag, longer = stronger = harsher. For me, this is the perfect example of excessive tannin extraction. Difficult to do with a mash in my experience, so easy with tea (at least, with the English version of Indian tea in teabags Tetley, Yorkshire etc)

I've had no problems leaving my beer to mature with dry hops. But, I reckon do not leave it on a sediment that includes dead yeast for more than a week. In my experience, you will get off-flavours. Slight at first maybe. You might not notice them - but I rack my beer off any thick sediment & I'm certain the flavour is cleaner & better.