Thread: Improving a kegged Brew ??

Originally Posted by simonmelb

Glad it turned out well Baz !

Yes, some beers need a bit of age to start tasting good, whilst others you can drink quit young and they're great. My favourite quick brew is a Belgian Saison which is very drinkable in less than 2 weeks. Often I have to filter it though, to remove the suspended yeast, which I dont normally do for other beers.

I've never filtered a brew as yet, I clear them, usually by decanting into another fermenter for 2 or 3 days.

What do you use??

I ferment the beer as normal at the temp. appropriate to the yeast im using. Then when it's finished fermenting I chill the fermenter to 0 Deg C, then after a few days, transfer to a keg. I then let it sit for as long as possible (usually a couple of days before I need to serve it eg for a barby).

If it's still not clear, then I'll filter it (before carbonating it), by setting the keg pressure to about 50KpA and forcing the beer out of the first keg, through a beer catridge filter into a second keg. The filter is a standard sized catridge holder (clear) and contains a washable beer filter cartridge. Like this kit: Beer Filter Kit Mk II - Product Details - CraftBrewer

This type of filter is great for removing haze in beers, but it will remove some hop flavours for highly hopped beers like Amercian IPA's, so you need to add more hops in the original recipe to compensate if you plan to filter your beers.