Filtering
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Just time and a bit of cold storage no Beer filtering for me too
As Drunk says above Beer filtering is not something that many members do in fact i cannot remember any threads about it, wine filtering is a different matter.
If you leave it long enough in the FV, assisted by a period in a cold place at the end you don't need to filter.
Time, gravity, patience is all that is needed unless you like spending money on non essential kit
Time, gravity, patience is all that is needed unless you like spending money on non essential kit
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Beer brewers tend to cold crash before transferring to keg or bottling bucket. Some, like I, used finings like gelatin in the keg which dramatically clears the beer but I think it takes out flavour too so I don’t bother doing that either anymore. Beer styles that can drop clear will do in time, others e.g wheat beers will remain hazy.
I always cold crash and never used to filter. Sometimes tho when using a lot of dry hops some make it through to the keg and block the beer out. I lost most of a keg to this so bought a BouncerMD.
Only used it once and is very simple, I didnt have any dry hops in the brew so it didnt really filter out much but my next beer will have loads.
I bought the finer filter for it too as most of the reviews say the standard one is a bit useless.
Only used it once and is very simple, I didnt have any dry hops in the brew so it didnt really filter out much but my next beer will have loads.
I bought the finer filter for it too as most of the reviews say the standard one is a bit useless.
I don't bother cold crashing usually, although I have a temperature controlled fermentation fridge, so I could. I have a stout fermenting at the moment, would forumites recommend cold crashing that, or does it being a dark beer mean it's not worth it?
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Your call, but for me I cold crash all my beers for 2 days at -1 C, gets any suspended particles to drop out of the beer.
Its really up to you. But after 3 weeks carbing/conditioning you probably won't be able to see or taste any difference.
