Beer filter by gravity

[Argie86]

Hi guys I want to try filtering my beer and in my country I can only get 2 types of filters, the expensive one and this one:

Does anyone has experience with this kind of filters? How do you sanitize them? Do they work??

Thanks in advance!

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

I cant help you with that setup but will be filtering for the first time this week and looking forward to the results....home house filter with a little pump pushing it...pretty cheap system. Hope it makes a difference

 

[Dcpcooks]

Hi guys I want to try filtering my beer and in my country I can only get 2 types of filters, the expensive one and this one:

Does anyone has experience with this kind of filters? How do you sanitize them? Do they work??

Thanks in advance!

Looks like a wine filter. You need to soak the pads in sanitizer and assemble it. I'm not sure what micron they are or if it will function on gravity within a reasonable time. I'd save my money.

As Larry Bell says if God wanted us to filter beer he wouldn't have given us livers!

 

[Argie86]

Looks like a wine filter. You need to soak the pads in sanitizer and assemble it. I'm not sure what micron they are or if it will function on gravity within a reasonable time. I'd save my money.

As Larry Bell says if God wanted us to filter beer he wouldn't have given us livers!

Yes exactly, its a wine filter, like the ones morebeer sells.
Im in process to sell kegs to a couple of pubs in here and they ask me to filter the beer, so I need to do it.

I need to choose between that disc filter or the cartdrige one.

 

[schematix]

Those won’t filter by gravity. You need to rack to a keg, then use co2 pressure to push to another keg with the filter between. Alternatively a pump can be used.

Not worth the trouble in my opinion.

I’ve seen them used, and while they made a bright crystal clear double ipa from a murky sludge, the filters had to be replaced several time and the initial waste from purging the sanitizer is excessive.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

Wondering why there's no love for filtering on the forum. The common response is time will clear the beer so why bother.But that can be said for three quarters of the stuff on the forum.. You don't "need" this you don't "need" that but People like to build things and experiment yet filtering gets avoided like the plague around here. I could see if it makes things worse but I doubt it.

Looking forward to my filtering trial run and the results...maybe it'll be a one and done or maybe I'll perfect it after a few batches and have the best beer ever....worth tying...

 

[schematix]

I think it’s not popular because
1. It’s a lot more work. Most of HBT is labor averse.
2. Filters add cost. Most of HBT is cost conscious.
3. The results aren’t great. For one it strips a lot of the flavors that are unique to unfiltered beer that most home brewers have come to enjoy.
4. I won’t mention oxidation effects.

I’d recommend trying it. I would just recommend not spending a lot to do it.

 

[tjmac5071]

Not sure if you have considered this yet, but have you researched fining with gelatin? I do not normally filter/fine my beer but if I do I use gelatin in the keg. A day or two later I have crystal clear beer. I think most use it in primary but since I do not usually cold crash I hold off until the keg. Try that before getting a filter, I personally do not trust those not to oxygenate the hell out of the beer

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

I think it’s not popular because
1. It’s a lot more work. Most of HBT is labor averse.
2. Filters add cost. Most of HBT is cost conscious.
3. The results aren’t great. For one it strips a lot of the flavors that are unique to unfiltered beer that most home brewers have come to enjoy.
4. I won’t mention oxidation effects.

I’d recommend trying it. I would just recommend not spending a lot to do it.

Not so sure about one and two LOL
Will be interested to see the taste difference, I hate yeast in beer. What has me confused is pretty much everyone says there beers are best after they clear after a week or two. So my thinking is why wait when I can have the same effect in 5 minutes....Again haven't tried it yet just spitballing

 

[schematix]

It takes a good 30-45 mins to filter 5 gallons.

 

[Dcpcooks]

Yes exactly, its a wine filter, like the ones morebeer sells.

Im in process to sell kegs to a couple of pubs in here and they ask me to filter the beer, so I need to do it.



I need to choose between that disc filter or the cartdrige one.

If I had to filter and keep it cheap I'd use a big box filter and a new .5 micron sediment filet for every batch.

 

[Draken]

Not so sure about one and two LOL
Will be interested to see the taste difference, I hate yeast in beer. What has me confused is pretty much everyone says there beers are best after they clear after a week or two. So my thinking is why wait when I can have the same effect in 5 minutes....Again haven't tried it yet just spitballing

I can get crystal clear beer in 2 days by fining with gelatin after crashing it to 38-40. Cost me about $0.10 to fine 5 gallons of beer. Once I switched to kegging I was seriously considering a filter setup, but after comparing my gelatin fined beer to my neighbors pressure filtered. We both now use gelatin.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

I've used gelatin many times and cold crash always at 32 for a couple days.. For whatever reason the yeast and whatever else in the primary seems to stop dropping out around the bottom 6 inches in the fermenter. Almost like it becomes to dense to compact more. No idea why but that's what happens. And I use a hop bag.I had the pump, bought a water filter canister for $12 and 1 micron filters for $1.20 each. If I need to lose a dollar twenty each 10 gallon brew for yeast free clear beer I'm OK with it. Not exactly breaking the bank.

I'm still going to cold crash to get most everything to drop out and more yeast in the cake to reuse. Then filter to really clear it up.