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Radarbrew

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I had a brew going, but was really slow bubbling after a day. Then not at all. It could have been the cold in the garage, but I had the furnace up a bit. (It's -20 outside right now). Anyhow, transferred to a clean carboy, rinsed, cleaned, and transferred back with a half teaspoon of cornsugar. It was really going to town last I checked. I hope everything turns out.
So to my question... how do you strain (filter) the beer? I thought about coffee filters, but that's kinda slow, and I'd use a dozen or more going from primary to secondary:D
 
You don't. Beer is too sensitive to oxygen for a wine-making style filtering. You can do it with the right equipment. But for homebrewing, all you do is rack the stuff off of the sediment once or twice before bottling. It clears out all on its own.
 
I did that, too. It seemed to help . On an interesting note, they sell this little neoprene "jackets" for your carboy to filter out light. I have found a cheaper way. The carboy came in a box. I used that, and also write when I seconded the batch and what it is.
 
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