Various way to filter out your 5 gallon batch

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  1. Liberatiscioli

    Liberatiscioli Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Posting this my 3rd batch bottled. Trying various ways to filter my IPA's still getting unwanted bitter hop sediment @ the bottoms of the bottles upon settling. Suggestions/experiences to be shared?

    Tried putting bottom of siphon in a fine painters bag last nite while siphoning and also filtering through a fine mesh out the other end of siphon into bottling bucket. Worked better than last batch but need more improvement.
     
  2. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    Some of the best IPAs are murky...if you want clear...wait for the yeast to floc...and pour carefully :slight_smile:...or not.

    Keg.
     
  3. Liberatiscioli

    Liberatiscioli Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2013 Pennsylvania

    I'm drinking a delicious sculpin right now I like that clear crisp look.
     
  4. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    Then you need to do a few things. Your dry hops need to be contained in a bag as best you can. You can rack with the siphon covered with a bag to help still too.

    You need to cold crash the beer after adding your dry hops for a couple day. Crank it really down.

    However, the issue you'll have here, is you bottle your beers. If you kegged, you'd be able to dry hop, crash it and get the yeast and hops to fall out, and then be able to gelatin it in the keg and get it to drop pretty darn clear.

    Sculpin is filtered or centrifuged, it's brilliant clear, so don't use that as your goal line, because you won't get that bottling.

    Rack carefully, use hop bags, cold crash, gelatin. Those are your options.
     
  5. Liberatiscioli

    Liberatiscioli Initiate (0) Oct 3, 2013 Pennsylvania

    I have a kegerator easy to fit my wide mouth in there. So immediately after dry hopping put it right in the fridge? Wouldn't that inhibit the flavored I am getting from dry hopping a bit?
     
  6. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    Well, it'll slow down the rate of the oils getting into the beer. Warmer is better/faster, but it's debated. I've done it cold, and find I can get grassy notes by the time I'm happy with the aroma.

    Dry hop it, then crash it all, and rack into your bottling bucket once it's crashed for a couple days. You can use some gelatin a day or two after you crash it and give it another 2-3 days and it'll be pretty clear as long as you don't dig up a bunch of shit from the bottom trying to get every drop.

    Of course, you are bottling, so you'll have crap in the bottle once it's conditioned anyways.
     
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