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NiamhNyx
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filtering yeasty brew?
#7902410 - 01/19/08 04:34 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Has anyone ever tried filtering yeasty homebrew? I'm thinking that just a plain old Brita filter might be able to remove some of the excess yeast...
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: NiamhNyx]
#7902694 - 01/19/08 05:43 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Try it and let us know how it works.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: NiamhNyx]
#7902859 - 01/19/08 06:29 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Don't run it through a brita. You'll aerate the crap out of the beer and eventually ruin it. What you can do is to transfer to secondary or tertiary fermentation and let the yeast drop out naturally. Next time what you can use is irish moss or whirfloc to help the solids drop out easier after fermentation. At this point your only real option is gelatin.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: daussaulit]
#7902970 - 01/19/08 06:58 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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I don't have a batch to worry about right now, so the question was entirely hypothetical. I was just curious as to whether or not running beer through a filter (before bottling) would work or if it would just ruin it. I've always transfered to a secondary fermenter and that definitly helps, but I still have yeasty tasting beer a lot of the time. I tried Irish Moss once, and it was awesome, so I'll likely continue to experiment with that.
Thanks for your advice.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: NiamhNyx]
#7903029 - 01/19/08 07:11 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Try it with the yeast, you need all the b12 you can get...
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: NiamhNyx]
#7903040 - 01/19/08 07:13 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Greetings NiamhNyx;
As "Daussaulit" said, don't run it through the Brita. A beer and wine filter is a completely different item than that device. Irish moss will help with settling of proteins after your mash/sparge & kettling, won't do much for yeast. Besides, if you are bottling, none of the aforementioned filtering or co-agulates will do anything anyhow, as your fermentation in the bottle will produce more yeast anyhow. Filtering is really only useful when you are kegging beer.
My suspition is that you may be racking to your secondary too late, hence 'yeast bite'. Try racking as soon as the bubbling in your fermentation lock has almost subsided - or when your S.G. is down to about 1.015 - 1.010; beer style notwithstanding. Also, try to resist the urge to drink it too soon, let it age a little - not months, just a little. You should also drink your beer in a glass, poured in 'one pour' so as not to disturb the lees in the bottle.
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I'd let it chill for awhile in the bottle. My first homebrew was an IPA that was way yeasty at 3 weeks in the bottle. It was a different beer completely after 8 weeks had past.
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Quote:
Familiar Gnome said:
My suspition is that you may be racking to your secondary too late, hence 'yeast bite'.
This sounds like a pretty good guess to me. I have often waited longer than necessary to transfer, sometimes several days or even a week longer than I should, for lack of a convenient moment to do the work. I'll pay more attention to that the next go around.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: NiamhNyx]
#7903855 - 01/19/08 10:29 PM (16 years, 13 days ago) |
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Yeah, irish moss + secondary fermenter + patience is probably the best method -_-;
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What type of yeast do you pitch?Some strains have a more "yeasty" profile.
If you have never tried Safale 04 or the 05..... I highly reccomend these.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: SirTripAlot]
#7921260 - 01/23/08 07:10 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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That's called flocculation. White Labs and Wyeast will tell you how well a certain strain flocculates. Generally English strains clear up quite nicely.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: daussaulit]
#7932259 - 01/25/08 09:23 PM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Yeah, bro. Never been one for terms.
I got about 200 gallons under my belt......you an all grainer?
Myself, I do big mini mashes (at least four to five pounds of grains (specality and base)...with a late addition of LME during the last 15 mins) I consider myself a step up from an amateur......got a recipe I finally put my stamp on for a really good American Ale (5 recipe refinements...with the help of Pro Mash) would like to share it with ya, for your opinion.
By the way, what you think of the the strains coming from Fermentis (Safale)???????????????? They are even coming out with a dry yeast for Wheat Beers!
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: SirTripAlot]
#7935370 - 01/26/08 02:21 PM (16 years, 6 days ago) |
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It's been a while since I've brewed. I've been busy after I finished school and with my job. I used to do what you did. Except for the late addition of the extract. I just put in the DME after the boil. I've probably done 100 gallons extract with grains, 45 gallons apple cider, 5 gallons mead, 10 gallons wine, and 20,000 gallons professionally. I'd have no problem looking over your recipe, just PM it to me.
As far as dry yeasts, I am a big fan. Way bigger pitching rates, cheaper, don't have to deal with starters, easy storability(ie no refridgerataion), but the strain selection is pretty sad.
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: daussaulit]
#7944186 - 01/28/08 07:44 AM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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I would like to see your recipe sirtripalot you can export it in promash since i have promash . I stopped brewing for almost a year but want to get back into it .. I have a plate chiller and a wort pump, 70gt cooler- mash tun with copper manifold in the bottom. sometimes I batch sparge sometimes I fly sparge. I do all grain only now and only keg all my beer in soda kegs.the right equipment .. makes for easy brewing
they do sell beer filters but they are messy and plug up easily you should transfer to secondary to help yeast flocculate better after primary fermentation is over .. I do it on all my beers .. I have brewed since 1998
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jumped the gun
Edited by YidakiMan (01/28/08 01:22 PM)
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Re: filtering yeasty brew? [Re: YidakiMan]
#7947298 - 01/28/08 07:58 PM (16 years, 4 days ago) |
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ok here's a secret my unborn child told me, grab hold of your fermenting vessel by the neck, hold it out infront of you slightly angled.
Then turn around in a circle fast as you can and keep turning.
When you have fallen down for the 10th time, look at the bottom and it should be compressed
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