How to Brew Bock Beer : Bottling Tips: How to Home Brew Bock Beer
Learn how to bottle home brew bock beer in this free online video brewing guide.
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Home Brew Beer: Guide to Brewing Award Winning Ale : Filtration Part 1: Guide to Home Brew Beer
Learn how to brew beer with your own home brew kit, including instruction on micro-brewery supplies and the brewing process, and how to craft real ales in these free video clips.
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How to Home Brew Beer: Free Online Beer Brewing Basics for Beginners : Basic Beer Brew Equipment & Setup: Home Brewing Beer Basics for Beginners
Learn what basic brewing equipment is needed to homebrew beer in this free online instructional video on how to home brew beer.
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Home Brew Pale Ale Beer Recipe : Styles of Home Brew Beer
Learn about styles of home brew beer in this free online instructional video guide to brewing homebrew beer.
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Bottling a batch of Home Brew Beer
A lot of new brewers study up and get as far as brewing a batch of beer and freak out when it comes time to bottle it. I hope to explain some of the little details here.
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How to Home Brew Beer: Free Online Beer Brewing Basics for Beginners : Rinsing the Grains: Home Brewing Beer Basics for Beginners
Learn how to properly rinse the grains to homebrew beer in this free online instructional video on how to home brew beer.
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home brewing beer filtration tips?
Anyone have any good tips on how to filter home brewed beer? I just made some, and normally I filter the beer through a coffee filter. Does anyone have any better ideas?
The "best" way to end up with "filtered" homebrew is actually not to filer at all. In the last 15 minutes of your boil, add some Irish Moss or a Whirlfloc tablet. Also, use a good quality flocculating yeast. If you allow sufficient time to ferment and clarify and do a two step fermentation (transfer to a second fermenter for clarifying after the first ferment is stopped) you can end up with a very clear beer without the danger of oxidizing or contaminating your brew. I have done this for years and end up with a very clear product without even chill haze.
To go even a step further, if you all-grain mash, a protein rest at the beginning of your mash will help even more with the final clarity. I use a single cooler mash tun and when I need to increase the temperature for the next mash step, I just run off a little into a Pyrex dish and microwave it a little and pour back into the top until I reach the next mash temperature.
If you still feel the need to filter, there are some commercial filters out there that either go in-line for your siphon or are pressure fed through a Corney keg system ($$), but you can end up with a "filter shock" that leaves a beer off tasting for a couple of weeks if you are not careful.
In my opinion, if you are taking the time to homebrew, allow it to filter naturally, and you will end up with a much better final product.
