Filtering during racking

[Darkfreak]

Is there anyone here who filters their mead?
Or has done so in the past?

What are your experiences and opinions regarding filtering?

Do you filter between first and second?
Or between second and third/bottling?

Are there pro's?
Are there con's?

I was looking at these kind of filters and wondering if it's worth the buck (and added time, since filtering during racking takes up quite some time:

http://www.harrisfilters.com/vent_vinbrite.htm

 

[louis]

Did you ever filter your mead? I filter my wine. I don't filter my desert ports.

I am making melomel at the moment and I'm considering filtering it prior to bottling.

 

[jc5066]

Filtering is to polish wine, not to remove anything.

With that said, no I've never filtered mead. Only whites and blush wine once it was completely cleared.

 

[ReDim]

How would you filter mead ? I find it that mead from top 2/3's of the carboy does not need filtering. And the other 1/3 still tastes good

 

[louis]

I use a Buon Vino Mini Jet for filter wine, just the medium pads. I did consider using this for the melomel as well, but would it reduce the quality in any way? Not sure...

 

[ReDim]

I experimented with coffee filters, and it did not work, need a better system then gravity and coffee filters can do. Which means getting CO2 and expensive filtering system that i don't have the space to store.

Not sure as to what the point is to filtering it anyhow

 

[DungMonster]

Filtering mead is like washing your car with mud... If you let mead sit long enough to age in bulk it gravity filters without issue and leaves taste elements in the drink a filter may remove or distort.

For co2 just get some extra co2 tanks for paintball and get them filled during a day of fun. Make sure to fill them all before leaving! Then use this to prefill bottles with a remote line prior to filling the bottles with you fancy filtered mead. It isn't the super special food grade stuff you pay tons more for but it works perfectly fine and saves some cash.

 

[WVMJ]

Filterfast has an inline wholehouse filter with cartridges, you put a vacuum on the carboy you are filling or push it from the one you are emptying with CO2 thru the filter. Your mead has to be pretty clear or you are just going to clog up the filter. If your meads are not clearing all the way to the bottom they might need to be racked off the lees and mixed up a little and allowed to clear again, if it matters, as you said, cloudy mead tastes good to. If you want to filter your mead do it, its your mead after all. I just ran a traditional thru the wholehouse filter and it did not pick up any offtastes from the filter, in fact is pretty damn good. WVMJ