I must first apology if my English is not very clear.
We own a 4 bbl microbrewery and we produce unfiltered beer, as we like the flavor profile we get, even though we own a 20x20 plate filter.
We usually cold crash for 2-3 days and crop yeast before bottling and we usually get nice results. However, there are some bottles that get some fine sediment, specially with our stout, which I suppose happens because the yeast (S-04) is extremely flocculent and some material gets stuck at the cone's wall and is later dragged with the beer.
I wish to apply some kind of coarse filter at bottling to catch this material, but I'm not sure which solution would be best. I feel the plate filter we own is too expensive because the filter mediums need to be replaced each time and our batches are relatively small, so I'm more inclined to get a cartridge filter. But what size would be best, maybe 20"? Also, would a cartridge of 5 microns be ideal for this purpose?
We could additionally also use the filter to clear a bit more our lager, which is a little hazy, so for that purpose maybe 1 micron should do the job?
I would appreciate any help as we just started business and are still learning a lot about this small things that at first seem kind of irrelevant.
We own a 4 bbl microbrewery and we produce unfiltered beer, as we like the flavor profile we get, even though we own a 20x20 plate filter.
We usually cold crash for 2-3 days and crop yeast before bottling and we usually get nice results. However, there are some bottles that get some fine sediment, specially with our stout, which I suppose happens because the yeast (S-04) is extremely flocculent and some material gets stuck at the cone's wall and is later dragged with the beer.
I wish to apply some kind of coarse filter at bottling to catch this material, but I'm not sure which solution would be best. I feel the plate filter we own is too expensive because the filter mediums need to be replaced each time and our batches are relatively small, so I'm more inclined to get a cartridge filter. But what size would be best, maybe 20"? Also, would a cartridge of 5 microns be ideal for this purpose?
We could additionally also use the filter to clear a bit more our lager, which is a little hazy, so for that purpose maybe 1 micron should do the job?
I would appreciate any help as we just started business and are still learning a lot about this small things that at first seem kind of irrelevant.
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