Filtration: Plate style vs. canister?

[BeerPal]

yep, I've used mine as both water filter and beer filter - and seen one used as a randal, also used mine as a hop back once.

You would need a pretty porous filter cartridge for randall or hopback purposes though... maybe a metal mesh one wouldn't be too hard to whip up??

A Randall does not use a filter. Neither does a hopback. In the instance of a Randall, the canister is used without the filter cartridge. Simply fill the canister with whole hops and run the beer through it.

[Brandon]

A Randall does not use a filter. Neither does a hopback. In the instance of a Randall, the canister is used without the filter cartridge. Simply fill the canister with whole hops and run the beer through it.

Well its not that simply. You have to make something either out of stainless or PVC that runs from the bottom of the canister to the top outlet with some holes in it for the beer to go through. The hops are packed around that.

[BeerPal]

A Randall does not use a filter. Neither does a hopback. In the instance of a Randall, the canister is used without the filter cartridge. Simply fill the canister with whole hops and run the beer through it.

Well its not that simply. You have to make something either out of stainless or PVC that runs from the bottom of the canister to the top outlet with some holes in it for the beer to go through. The hops are packed around that.

Right you are. Thanks for clarifying that.

And while we're on the subject- it doesn't have to be packed with hops, either. I once had a wheat beer that had been Randallized with kiwi and strawberries. Not bad!

[TheDarkSide]

And while we're on the subject- it doesn't have to be packed with hops, either. I once had a wheat beer that had been Randallized with kiwi and strawberries. Not bad!

Or watermelon perhaps?

[Kbar]

A Randall does not use a filter. Neither does a hopback. In the instance of a Randall, the canister is used without the filter cartridge. Simply fill the canister with whole hops and run the beer through it.

Well its not that simply. You have to make something either out of stainless or PVC that runs from the bottom of the canister to the top outlet with some holes in it for the beer to go through. The hops are packed around that.

I agree Brandon - Need to move the fluid flow through all the hops - a typical inlet and outlet that are mounted in the head will not perform well. Most industrial stainless filters with Poly or SS mesh filters move from the head to the bottom of the canister housing. FYI.