Anyone filter from conical to keg

[jturman35]

Just listened to the Brulosophy experiment using a plate filter verses non filter and was really impressed with the clarity of the filtered beer verses unfiltered beer. Is it possible to install and use a plate filter when racking from my conical going to the keg?

I don’t like the idea of using two kegs and like to be able to filter straight from conical if possible.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Yup. Not all my brews but some of them. If i'm entering it in a competition or maybe using a low flocculating yeast and I get impatient or thirsty.

I have a couple fermentasaurus (fermentasaouri?) with the pressure transfer ball and line decanting gizmo. When it's time to keg, I hook up a filter between the fermenter and the keg and let-r-rip from one to the other (wait, not like rip, it's a bit slower when filtering, lol). Super simple. Bonus: You won't oxidize the beer during the transfer.

 

[jturman35]

I have used gelatin but looking at the pics from this experiment the plate filter works a lot better.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

Home brew filters don't "polish" beer as well as you would think they would. Commercial setups have multiple layers of compressed filters and use a lot more pressure to force it through a much tighter overall filter. Personally, I think plate filters work better than tube water filter canister style. For best results use 1 micron or smaller filters.

Or do the gelatin thing and wait. Or both.

 

[Vale71]

Finally a Brülosophy result we can all agree on! Filtration does not improve beer, it only makes it look prettier.