New to kegs, Filter before Kegging? Any other tips?

[HealeyA87]

I've had recent success with cold crashing for just 24 hours, then racking. Longer I'm sure would be better....but I got pretty clear beer within 6 hours of kegging....including rocking/burst carbing the keg.

Awesome thanks

 

[ruascott]

Cloudy beer doesn't bother me. I just don't want a ton of sediment in any that I decide to bottle. This is an IPA and I want the flavor. So I don't care about it being cloudy. It has been dry hopped with 2 oz of hop pellets. I put it in the fridge to cold crash at about 12:15 this afternoon. I want to enjoy this brew, if I keg tomorrow or Friday. And then force carbonate and it's ready by Super Bowl Sunday. I will have 4 days and then I will be gone for 2.5 weeks. I don't want to lose any flavor while I'm gone. I'm afraid that when I get back, it will lose the hop flavors, is this wrong. Am I worrying about nothing?

Your beer will be just fine after 2.5 weeks. It likely will be even better.

 

[gicts]

I just ordered parts for a DIY filter setup for wine . I'm making 45 gallons as party favors for my wedding in the fall and am going to filter and degas since I'm in a time crunch.

I 'brewed' an awesome ginger beer in December, and have 10 more gallons in the primary at the moment. I transferred it a few times and cold crashed to drop out the 3lbs of grated ginger in the primary and keep it from clogging the dip tube. It was a bit cloudy, but amazing and the keg tipped after only 2 or 3 weeks. Comparable to Crabbies, only move the decimal point from $3 a bottle to $0.3.

I'll probably run it through the 5 micron filter to separate the ginger and help the clarity. I also ordered a 25 micron filter, but now doubt that will get any use.

It should be an interesting setup - I snagged a lab vacuum on ebay for $40. The vacuum is pretty versatile for wine (filter, bottle, rack, degas), but I'm seeing filtering as the only possible carryover for beer.

I never thought I'd be filtering a beer, but I'll keep you guys posted.