Gold Coffee Filter When Kegging?

[ao125]

Lately, I've been experimenting with some fruit beers - and as such, there has been some "chunky" sediment going into my kegs, which in turn has been clogging things up. Bits of cherry skin... raisins... etc. Even bits of oak cubes & vanilla beans from secondary.

Has anyone here experimented with using one of the gold oval-shaped coffee filters when kegging, in order to get rid of sediment?

I was thinking perhaps of something like this:

Amazon.com: Cuisinart GTF Gold Tone Filter: Kitchen & Dining

I was thinking that because of the shape, they'd fit nicely into a corny during the filling process.

Thoughts?

 

[two_hearted]

A lot of people have had success with a sure screen

 

[jlachesk]

I read an article (Review: The Cask Widge | TechCrunch) a while ago about a product called a Cask Widge that is supposed to be pretty effective at preventing clogs and reducing the need to filter going into the keg. I contacted them company and they sell just the "float" piece (vs. the whole cask setup), so that's an option I guess.

 

[OatStraw]

Just thinking about how I like to put my siphon hose at the bottom of the keg to prevent oxigenating the beer, woulding using a filter like this at the top of the keg create a lot of oxygen in your brew? I know when I rack to primary I use a filter and gravity to help oxygenate the wort as it splashes down. Seems to me this is somthing you would want to avoid when kegging.

I may be way off and if so I will gladly give this a shot, looks like a good idea if I'm wrong.

 

[ao125]

A lot of people have had success with a sure screen

I'm not sure I want to buy screens for four kegs if something like a single $5 wedge filter would work during initial filling.

 

[ao125]

Just thinking about how I like to put my siphon hose at the bottom of the keg to prevent oxigenating the beer, woulding using a filter like this at the top of the keg create a lot of oxygen in your brew? I know when I rack to primary I use a filter and gravity to help oxygenate the wort as it splashes down. Seems to me this is somthing you would want to avoid when kegging.

I may be way off and if so I will gladly give this a shot, looks like a good idea if I'm wrong.

That's the only thing I'd be worried about as well - oxidizing the beer while filling the keg.

At the same time, I typically force-carb, so I'd be purging out the oxygen pretty quickly.

 

[OatStraw]

At the same time, I typically force-carb, so I'd be purging out the oxygen pretty quickly.

True, I also don't know if the damage is done immediatly or if it takes some time. Might be a good question for the science forum lol.

 

[two_hearted]

I'm not sure I want to buy screens for four kegs if something like a single $5 wedge filter would work during initial filling.

You could buy one and put it on your racking cane.

 

[DamageCT]

You could buy one and put it on your racking cane.

This! Buy one and put it on the bottom of your racking cane so that none of the gunk/chips make it into the keg(s) in the first place

 

[OatStraw]

Except that it's open on the top and things can float into it. Wouldn't the Stainless Steel scruby technique work just as good. Then you could wrap that around the racking cane.