Best wine filters according to redditors
We found 9 Reddit comments discussing the best wine filters. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 9 Reddit comments discussing the best wine filters. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
So I figured I'd share my bottling setup. I have several of the Minibrew 6.5 Gallon Plastic Conicals which I connect to my Buon Vino Mini Jet. From there I just open the valve, let the filter pump it in, and turn the pump on and off as I bottle, no spillage, no mess (other than what little leaks from the pump but I drain that into the sink).
This has been racked twice previously and then been hit with a crushed campdent tablet to remove most of the yeast cake and the fruit leavings (I make mostly melomels) and to ensure that fermentation is done.
I carefully tip the conical as it empties past the side valve until the filter clogs. I typically end up only losing ~1 cup of VERY cloudy mead at the bottom that I wouldn't drink anyways.
I use number 2 filters, not the 0.5 micron sterile ones, but I'm not making show mead, it's for drinking.
I put it into wine bottles, and cork them with my Portugese Corker with Nomacorc's.
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Thoughts on secondary: This terminology comes from winemaking, and in fact, no secondary fermentation occurs. But the terminology is standard, and most everyone knows that 'secondary' means moving to a new container. The prime reason for moving to a secondary vessel seems to be to get the must off of the sediment (the lees). The theory is that the yeast will eventually kill itself (autolysis) and add off/bad flavors to your brew. Some say this isn't as big a deal as contemporary wisdom makes it out to be.
Everyone has their own timelines that they prefer, and the contemporary wisdom (especially on reddit) is to check yeast activity on a semi-regular basis using a hydrometer or a refractometer. I've been brewing for a long time, and have gotten lazy about it. I generally do a '2-2-2 method'. 2 months in primary, 2 months in secondary, 2 months to drink after bottling.
It simplifies things for me, and keeps me from having to spend a lot of time fooling around with my mead once I have it started. I haven't touched a hydrometer in years and own a refractometer that I've never used. I've never made any bottle bombs, and generally don't care about the exact alcohol content of my mead (though I can give a rough guess as to the content based on the initial amount of honey-to-water ratios that I've used in a batch).
This is the one I use.. It's kinda spendy to start up, $50, but then the pads are about $7-$10 a pack and I can run 6 gallons (biggest batches I make) with no noticeable slowing and no pump needed. But, I DO make sure I'm pretty clear before I filter it.
I use a Vinbrite gravity based filter, essentially pulls the mead into a filter body with a filter pad in there, usually takes a couple of hours for a 1 gal batch to filter since it's pretty slow but it does the job really well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vinbrite-Mk3-Wine-Filter-Kit/dp/B004NXSPLG/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=vinbrite+filter&qid=1574555889&sr=8-2
Oh really? Does it come in a can? This is all I could find Vintner's Best - Elderberry Fruit Wine Base - 128 oz (1 Galllon) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KGRZPQK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_d3ILDbEW4SP80
Additives and cold crashing are not the same thing as filtration
Your other options are filtration