Kegging Oktoberfest

Same time as last time will work for me

I do plan on stopping by. What time Thursday works for you? It definitely was an all afternoon affair. My filter is a plate filter: http://morebeer.com/view_product/5759//Beer_and_Wine_Plate_Filter_Kit_. It uses paper filter pads. Beer goes into the middle of the plate filter, gets forced through the paper filter by CO2, then into the kegs. You have to have 2 corny kegs for this to work. One to have unfiltered beer pushed by the CO2, and the other to receive the filtered product. Works pretty slick. The filters come in 3 different levels: rough, polish, and finish. Everything is rough filter as of now, except for the IPA, which I mistakenly grabbed a polish set of filters. It is cleaner, but took and extremely long time to filter, and got stuck at the very end. Didn't lose more than a 1/2 of pint though. I'll do my best to save some IPA for you. I am going to cut back on the crystal malt and bump up the 2-row to get a lighter color, but otherwise, it turned out pretty decent. I need to try it once its carbonated better.

Sounds like you guys were pretty busy. Hopefully you will hvae some IPA left I would like to try some of that. How does that filter work? Are you stil planning in swinging by on thursday?

It went pretty well. The new plate filter works like a charm. Mike Wilson was over, as well as Mike Philleo. We filtered the 10 gal of Oktoberfest, 5 gal of Mike P's Red, and I filtered my Flipswitch IPA and Black Shox Porter that morning. Everything is carbonating as we speak. We also decided to brew an EPA just in case we wanted a lighter beer. I call it 10/10 Pale Ale, since it was brewed on the 10th of October. It will be pushing it to have it ready by Saturday. 1 week, not sure if it can be done. It will be a lighter style with around 34 IBUs from Cascades and Saaz hops. Pretty light gravity with a ABV% of 4.5. It's bubbling away very nicely. I'm hoping it finishes by Wednesday, so I can filter and keg it, leaving 3 days for carbonation. Keep your fingers crossed.

Wish I would have read this earlier I would have helped you

Is anyone interested in kegging the Oktoberfest this weekend, or watching the process?