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08-09-2008, 10:15 PM
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Cold filtering - do most Micro Brews do this?
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Is cold filtering common? Or is it ONLY Macro Brews.
I know Microbrews need to pasteurize
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08-09-2008, 10:18 PM
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I cold filter when I bother to filter.
I haven't filtered a brew in over a year, just haven't seen a need for it anymore.
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08-09-2008, 10:25 PM
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Deep Six Brewing Co.
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My definition of "Cold Filtering" is surely wrong, but its what I use to describe "Cold Crashing" my beer to 30~32 degrees for two days, dropping the yeast, etc out of suspension.
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08-10-2008, 01:44 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
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Cold filtering is rare in the craft community and most of them don't pasteurize either. The beer can't bottle condition without live yeast.
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08-10-2008, 02:04 PM
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hmmmm - I have tried over 75 micro brews and not one has yeast or sediment on the bottom - they MUST be filtered SOMEHOW.
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08-10-2008, 03:34 PM
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I haven't had 75 different micro brews, but I have had several, and at least a couple have had yeast sediment on the bottom. One of them even had a label that encouraged you to harvest the yeast from the bottle.
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08-10-2008, 03:40 PM
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Maybe I'm just unlucky??
When I decided to start making beer I made it a goal to TRY to taste every microbrew I can find (and keep the bottle for display).
Not one so far as had sediment (that I am aware of).
I'm not arguing - just trying to gain knowledge.
BTW - loop - you have one up there in the Cities I can not get my hands on.
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08-10-2008, 03:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by david_42
Cold filtering is rare in the craft community and most of them don't pasteurize either. The beer can't bottle condition without live yeast.
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It is not uncommon at all for microbreweries/craft breweries to filter.
And yes, whenever you filter beer, you always have it around 34-36F to coagulate as many of the proteins as you can into a filterable size. |
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08-10-2008, 03:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grinder12000
Not one so far as had sediment (that I am aware of.
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Two off the top of my head:
Bells
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08-10-2008, 03:49 PM
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Many microbrews that I have tried have sediment in the bottle. Sometimes I even look for it so I have a new strain of yeast. Its hard to beat a free yeast strain with a bottle of beer.  Once I drink the beer I usually make a starter from the sediment. the current one is Ommegang Three Philosophers. This is the only one I'm unsure about since its a Belgian blended with a kreik(contains bacteria). But I do plan on experimenting with it.
Even pressure filtered micros can contain yeast. After all yeast is a single cell organism.
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