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Bought a cheap wineeer filter...first impressions

Started by fakr, April 05, 2012, 08:46:54 AM

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fakr

Instead of going the route of using clarifiers, I decided to try out a real cheap filtering system the local brew shop had on sale.  I believe others on the forum have mentioned they have the same one.  it comes with an air pump (2.5psi), a bunch of hoses, a cap for your carboy, and 2 big orange plates that the filters go in.

Well, first impressions are:

unless you have over an hour to kill waiting for a carboy of stout to filter, don't bother....or just don't try fitering stout!

Not very impressed with the setup, but again, could be because I was excited and attempted to fiter stout.  Took over an hour, but I was surprised at how clean the beer was coming out the filtered side.

I'm going to do another run through the filter with a lighter beer next time, and if it is still slow, I'm going to frankenstein the filter setup with a couple of liquid ball fittings fittings so I can force beer through the filter at a little higher psi than 2.5 using two kegs.  I'm thinking 5-7psi would be fine.

I did notice, with a small sip, that the filtered stout did taste...well, more polished is all I can come up with.  The mouth feel was clean, and I found a bit more of an expresso flavor than the unfiltered kegged stout.

Anyways, just thought I'd share.
"If God had intended for us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."

Kyle

I still found it an irritating process to use and clean, but I have one of those cartridge water filters with a housing that can handle 120psi from Home Depot. You can send stuff through a 5 micron filter within about 20 minutes, and through a 0.5 micron filter in about an hour.

I just use Whirlfloc now, the filter was a PIA to clean.
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fakr

yeah, after I mess around with every known clarifying agent, and cheap filtering system, I might just end up visiting the local brew shop to borrow one of their industrial type filtering systems.  They loan them out to people...I borrow one when I make wine....empties and filters a carboy of wine in about 3 minutes.
But, one of the fun things with craft brewing is the experimenting!
"If God had intended for us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."