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Date: 28 Aug 2006 15:36:13
From: IrishRedBrew
Subject: filtering beer
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So I have been looking into filters for finishing my kegged beer. I
have looked into the filters that B3 sells and my LHBS buttring to be
cheap I was wondering what you all think of this...
Can I use a water filter? about 2 micron first and then a .5 micron
for a few others after the 2 mircron?
After looking into the cost it seemed about the same. Except for an
Ace Hardware Refridgerator filter ther is 1/4 tread on either side...
It looks like a big Tylenol (no that was not suppose to be a quote from
"Airplane"). I figure I could put a 1/4 inch barb on either side.
There is no micron rating.
What do ya think??? Will it clog fast? I forgot to add whirfloc to a
Oktoberfest, will this brighten it? I'm just to freaked to add
gelatin.
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Date: 28 Aug 2006 18:24:56
From: IrishRedBrew
Subject: Re: filtering beer
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that's reason enough for me...
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Date: 29 Aug 2006 01:12:43
From: Brian Foster
Subject: Re: filtering beer
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I stopped into a HBS in Dallas area and asked about filtering and the owner
brought up a very good point. He showed me Appendix #4 in Papazian's Joy of
Homebrewing 3rd edition.
Papazian's theory is that if you filter the yeast and other stuff out of
your beer then you are taking all the B Complex vitamins out of it and these
are actually good for you. They help reduce effects of hangover or actually
reduce the hangover from consuming the alcohol in your beer.
Hey, I'm new at this but it makes sense to me and it gives me one more
reason (like I needed any) to drink homebrew.
Cheers
"IrishRedBrew" <redrump21@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1156804573.239147.81810@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> So I have been looking into filters for finishing my kegged beer. I
> have looked into the filters that B3 sells and my LHBS buttring to be
> cheap I was wondering what you all think of this...
>
> Can I use a water filter? about 2 micron first and then a .5 micron
> for a few others after the 2 mircron?
>
> After looking into the cost it seemed about the same. Except for an
> Ace Hardware Refridgerator filter ther is 1/4 tread on either side...
> It looks like a big Tylenol (no that was not suppose to be a quote from
> "Airplane"). I figure I could put a 1/4 inch barb on either side.
> There is no micron rating.
>
> What do ya think??? Will it clog fast? I forgot to add whirfloc to a
> Oktoberfest, will this brighten it? I'm just to freaked to add
> gelatin.
>
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Date: 28 Aug 2006 17:05:53
From: The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty
Subject: Re: filtering beer
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IrishRedBrew wrote:
> So I have been looking into filters for finishing my kegged beer. I
> have looked into the filters that B3 sells and my LHBS buttring to be
> cheap I was wondering what you all think of this...
>
> Can I use a water filter? about 2 micron first and then a .5 micron
> for a few others after the 2 mircron?
>
> After looking into the cost it seemed about the same. Except for an
> Ace Hardware Refridgerator filter ther is 1/4 tread on either side...
> It looks like a big Tylenol (no that was not suppose to be a quote from
> "Airplane"). I figure I could put a 1/4 inch barb on either side.
> There is no micron rating.
>
> What do ya think??? Will it clog fast? I forgot to add whirfloc to a
> Oktoberfest, will this brighten it? I'm just to freaked to add
> gelatin.
I've never had much luck with the canister filters personally -- I'd
consider going with the plate-type filters. Not only were the canisters
a pain to use, they never really seemed to do a good job. The plate
filter from Williams Brewing (really a wine filter) does a very good
job, even at 7 microns.
Be aware that many water filters use activated charcoal. You definitely
*don't* want to use these -- they will strip everything out of your
beer but water and alcohol.
Also, note that 1/2 micron really will damage your beer. I'd avoid
going below three microns -- this will give you bright beer without
massive protein strippage. Really -- when I still filtered -- I was
using7 microns, which gave reasonably bright beer and still allowed
some yeast in the finished product.
In the end, though, time and temperature are your best bets. Hell, I
don't even secondary anymore. Only very rarely is haze an issue. I
think it's probably been a couple of years since I filtered anything.
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Date: 29 Aug 2006 19:28:08
From: docru
Subject: Re: filtering beer
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I can send my notes from the filtering lecture at the Orlando AHA
meeting from John Peed if you like. It was excellent.
Win Pratt
In article <1156804573.239147.81810@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com >,
"IrishRedBrew" <redrump21@yahoo.com > wrote:
> So I have been looking into filters for finishing my kegged beer. I
> have looked into the filters that B3 sells and my LHBS buttring to be
> cheap I was wondering what you all think of this...
>
> Can I use a water filter? about 2 micron first and then a .5 micron
> for a few others after the 2 mircron?
>
> After looking into the cost it seemed about the same. Except for an
> Ace Hardware Refridgerator filter ther is 1/4 tread on either side...
> It looks like a big Tylenol (no that was not suppose to be a quote from
> "Airplane"). I figure I could put a 1/4 inch barb on either side.
> There is no micron rating.
>
> What do ya think??? Will it clog fast? I forgot to add whirfloc to a
> Oktoberfest, will this brighten it? I'm just to freaked to add
> gelatin.
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Date: 30 Aug 2006 19:41:14
From: Andy McKellar
Subject: Re: filtering beer
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IrishRedBrew wrote:
> So I have been looking into filters for finishing my kegged beer. I
> have looked into the filters that B3 sells and my LHBS buttring to be
> cheap I was wondering what you all think of this...
I don't bother. Whirlpooling and careful draining leave most of the
trub in the brew pot, a long secondary takes care of most of the yeast,
and cold lagering does everything else I need.
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-- Andy McKellar
Dallas, TX
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