NTOLERANCE
Well-Known Member
So last fall, I am at a local micro brewer, talking to the owner/head brewmaster.
I didnt think much about this untill recently.
I asked him, what his guys were rinsing out (we were talking in the breweing room,)
He said they were his filters. My counterpart (yes I really was there for work) asked (he's a miller drinker) " Why do you filter and is it "cold filtered""?
The owner smirked a bit, (as did I) he said, "We filter to speed up the process. There is no way we could do the volume we do without it".
I asked how long it took him to go from mash to bottle.
He said " Well we have all of our Ale's ready in about a week, and our lager in just over two weeks."
No this place only makes one lager, but come on, 15-18 days? Really?
I didnt get to press him on it, maybe he was BS'ing me, but for a guy who brews, owns the business, markets and does it all, he gave us alot of time talking about beer, gave some samples, ( samples are on the market now) literally, gave us an hour plus. I swear if my counterpart hadnt strayed off topic, we would have been there all day. The owner loves to talk beer...with anyone. I have sen him three times in the last year, always happy to see me and always happy to talk.
Soooooooo.......what type of filtering can bring a lager ready in less than 20 days?
I didnt think much about this untill recently.
I asked him, what his guys were rinsing out (we were talking in the breweing room,)
He said they were his filters. My counterpart (yes I really was there for work) asked (he's a miller drinker) " Why do you filter and is it "cold filtered""?
The owner smirked a bit, (as did I) he said, "We filter to speed up the process. There is no way we could do the volume we do without it".
I asked how long it took him to go from mash to bottle.
He said " Well we have all of our Ale's ready in about a week, and our lager in just over two weeks."
No this place only makes one lager, but come on, 15-18 days? Really?
I didnt get to press him on it, maybe he was BS'ing me, but for a guy who brews, owns the business, markets and does it all, he gave us alot of time talking about beer, gave some samples, ( samples are on the market now) literally, gave us an hour plus. I swear if my counterpart hadnt strayed off topic, we would have been there all day. The owner loves to talk beer...with anyone. I have sen him three times in the last year, always happy to see me and always happy to talk.
Soooooooo.......what type of filtering can bring a lager ready in less than 20 days?