Using Wine Filters with Homemade Wine
Up until now I’ve never used a wine filter, I’ve always thought that the wine looked clear enough in the demi john when it comes to bottling time. When I bought the Corny Keg I thought I’d do an experiment and buy a filter. I gave it a test run on a gallon of white wine.
I bought a Vinbrite filter from my local homebrew shop, these are really designed for a gallon wine kit. You can get different grade filters, I plumped for the finest filter they had in the shop, great idea for the wine, not so great idea for the beer.
It takes a little getting used to when setting the filter up, of course it has to be sterilised. The filter pad then needs to be fitted and then a couple of litres of water run through the filter to settle the filter.
You then simply syphon the wine from one demijohn to another through the filter. Set the filter going and go and grab a good book because you’ll be waiting a while. I took nearly two hours to filter a gallon of wine. The good news is that the wine was really clear, a lot clearer than if you clear it normally. When you pull the filter apart afterwards it’s surprising how much yeast was removed from the wine.
The great thing with filtering is now the wine can be bottled and you don’t have the delicate pouring problem, trying not to stir up the yeast.
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