GHBWNY
Well-Known Member
The other night, I cracked one of my beers I recently bottle-hopped with a pellet of Liberty. This was a beer that, after a few weeks in the bottle, acted like it needed a little extra aroma and head. And in both cases, it was vastly improved. The 'bad' is that the hop floaties had not settled out (a problem I hadn't had the last time I did this). I tried pouring it slowly through a coffee filter. The thick, creamy head stayed in the filter and the beer ended up nearly flat.
I'll crash a couple more bottles in the fridge for a week, but should the hop residue decide to stay in suspension, I'm wondering if there's a way of filtering it without losing head and carb? Since most filtering methods are for a dry-hopped, pre-carbed beer, they don't really apply here. I can't bring myself to drink an otherwise gin-clear beer with hop boogers floating around in it.
I'll crash a couple more bottles in the fridge for a week, but should the hop residue decide to stay in suspension, I'm wondering if there's a way of filtering it without losing head and carb? Since most filtering methods are for a dry-hopped, pre-carbed beer, they don't really apply here. I can't bring myself to drink an otherwise gin-clear beer with hop boogers floating around in it.