SELECTION OF SEITZ FILTER SHEET GRADES
For Beer
Seitz Filter Sheet Grade | Nominal Micron Retention Rating* | Suggested Uses for Beer Filtration |
|---|---|---|
K900 or K1500 | 9-10 | Rough - Polishing filtration or for dark beer |
K800 | 7-8 | Rough - Polishing filtration for dark beers |
K700 | 5-7 | Polishing to occasionally very slight haze filtration for amber and light-colored beers |
K300 | 3-4 | Polishing-bright beer filtration. Most common Seitz grade used by brewpubs and for keg beer. |
K250 | 2-3 | Bright beer filtration |
K200 | 2.0 | Bright beer filtration |
K150 | 1.5 | Bright beer filtration |
K100 | 1.0 | Bright beer filtration |
KS80 | 0.8 | Beginning of grades for sterile filtration. This grade for yeast-sterile filtrartion. |
KS50 | 0.5 | Grade for cold-sterile bottling filtration. Most common Seitz grade used for this purpose. |
EK | 0.45 | A slightly tighter grade cold-sterile bottling filtration. |