I got the plate filter with the round pads, uses two at once, and ran it.
I filled it with starsan, it had 2 medium pads on it, and then I pushed out the starsan with beer until it looked like yellow beer. I filled a sanitized keg, but it took about 1.5 hours. I hadn't carbonated the keg, perhaps in lagering it kept some dissolved co2, but it still foamed the lines up. I could watch the liquid move under the foam, and overall, it seemed to work (if really slow).
I ran a second keg, and after 2+ more hours, it has moved maybe a third of the keg over, presumably the pads were clogged.
These are loooong lagered beers so there shouldn't be much floating in them.
Also, there's a slight taste of starsan.
So I'm curious, exactly how (in excruciating detail, please) are any of you successfully using these filters and what has been your experience?
(and yeah, I don't need to hear the whole filter vs. not filter argument, I filter some because I'm exploring new things, and for reasons of my own, other things I don't filter -- to each his/her own)
I filled it with starsan, it had 2 medium pads on it, and then I pushed out the starsan with beer until it looked like yellow beer. I filled a sanitized keg, but it took about 1.5 hours. I hadn't carbonated the keg, perhaps in lagering it kept some dissolved co2, but it still foamed the lines up. I could watch the liquid move under the foam, and overall, it seemed to work (if really slow).
I ran a second keg, and after 2+ more hours, it has moved maybe a third of the keg over, presumably the pads were clogged.
These are loooong lagered beers so there shouldn't be much floating in them.
Also, there's a slight taste of starsan.
So I'm curious, exactly how (in excruciating detail, please) are any of you successfully using these filters and what has been your experience?
(and yeah, I don't need to hear the whole filter vs. not filter argument, I filter some because I'm exploring new things, and for reasons of my own, other things I don't filter -- to each his/her own)