Filtering

[OldGezzer]

Afternoon Fellow Brewers
I am in the Process of fermenting my first brew (two days in) and its bubbling like a good en, and i have plumped for the geordie larger (no apparent reason) from wilkos ,just to go through the process really being my first time at brewing. So i got to thinking about transfering from the Primary to the Secondary and the problems of transfere regarding the crud at the bottom of the Primary. I got to thinking about using a in-line Water Filter Housing (with a filter of course) and pass my lager through that into the Secodary so hopefully leaving the spent yeast and crud in the Primary. Would this be a good idea or not and would anyone have a better idea,and is it neccesery.
cheers
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[smcc]

I have one of those gathering dust in a cupboard somewhere, depending on the micron level of filter you will basically also potentially lose all hop compounds. My IPA that I filtered once ended up tasting of nothing. Lager probably wont be such a big issue but still you are potentially losing flavour elements. I personally never do secondary dont see the benefit. I will just cold crash after fermentation is done and then using an auto syphon take from the top down the yeast cake will be all gathered at the bottom of my conical so it never goes into the keg

 

[NotSure]

I have something similar, but it's meant for transfer between kegs...Keg Beer Filter 10" | The Home Brew Shop (the-home-brew-shop.co.uk)

I haven't used it in years because (1) it takes time, (2) it makes a mess, (3) it uses a filter that needs replacing, (4) it uses CO2, (5) lagering can produce clearer beer, and (6) it sort of looks like a ***** pump.

If you really want to transfer to secondary, a simple auto siphon should be fine. A bit of the crud is good anyway!

 

[OldGezzer]

OK Thanks for the reply's I have heard of Cold Crashing ,but was unaware of what it entailed until now ,as i have just done a google on the subject. I have got me fridge so will be going down the Cold Crashing route and save a couple of quid in not buying one of them filters.

 

[damienair]

I transfer to a second FV just for bottling as I like to batch prime the brew. I leave it in the primary for 2 weeks and transfer on day of bottling. I have only done 7 brews so far, still learning and I used an auto siphon to transfer which worked well. I recently bought a second tap and installed it in one of my fermentation buckets. So now both my fermentation buckets have a tap. Last Sunday I bottled a brew, I had used a hop sock and when transferring the beer to the bottling bucket I connected tubing direct to the FV tap and just turned it on. FV on the table, bottling bucket on the floor. It was amazingly easy.
Don’t worry about a filter, time looks after that. I’ve found that if you follow the 2+2+2 rule and even add on another couple of weeks the sediment is at the very bottom of the bottle and if you pour gently to a glass leaving all but the last few ml’s you get a perfectly beautiful clean beer.

 

[chris-s]

the sediment is at the very bottom of the bottle

Yes. And if you are bottle conditioning there is surely always a bit of sediment. So no need to over complicate.

If you can get ahead with production and not drink it for a few months, the sediment is usually more compact and less likely to be a problem.

 

[NotSure]

Don't store them on their side as well. Keep them upright.