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Some types of fruit and/or brewing systems may require filtering. One option is to use a filter, such as a [http://www.gwkent.com/lenticular-filter-housing.html GW Kent Lenticular Filter Housing], a [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1885713198123552/?comment_id=1885813361446869&reply_comment_id=1886000901428115&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D steel housing bag filter], or an [https://www.brewershardware.com/Wort-Strainers/ inline filter]. If a filter like this is going to be used as the primary filter, it is advised to use two that can be split off so that one can be cleaned while the other continues to run (see [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1819872038041002/?comment_id=1819878638040342&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D this MTF thread showing Casey Brewing's setup]). Brandon Jones of Yazoo Brewing Co. uses a stainless steel scrubby secured by a stainless worm clamp on the end of a bulldog for racking fruited beer <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1753001588061381/?comment_id=1753144258047114 Brandon Jones. Milk The Funk Facebook thread on filtering beer out of barrels. 07/11/2017.]</ref>. Marek Mahut extended this idea by putting the scrubby into the site glass <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/2261892863838915/ Marek Mahut. Milk The Funk Facebook thread on filtering fruit from beer. 08/31/2018.]</ref>. On a homebrew level, using any system that is designed to filter dry hops from the fermenter should also work for filtering fruit. Examples include using a fine mesh bag on either the receiving or exiting end of a siphon, using a 300 micron stainless steel [https://utahbiodieselsupply.com/brewingfilters.php "Dry Hopper for Glass Carboys"] which fits over the receiving end of most homebrew auto-siphons, or a [http://www.homebrewing.org/Corny-Keg-Dip-Tube-Screen_p_2091.html corny keg dip tube screen] (also fits on steel racking canes <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1815435371818002/?comment_id=1815447721816767&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Matthew Smylie. Thread on MTF about filtering fruit. 09/08/2017.]</ref>). Filtering may not remove haze from pectin. Some brewers believe that pectinase can help with getting the fruit to separate from the beer <ref name="Loijos_Sites">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1377477275613816/?comment_id=1378484418846435&reply_comment_id=1378916612136549&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R3%22%7D Conversation with Alex Loijos and James Sites on pectinase usage. 08/17/2016.]</ref>. For filtering fruit that has been added directly to a barrel, Brandon Jones advises securing a stainless steel scrubby to the end of a barrel racking cane using a stainless worm clamp <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/?comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R3%22%7D Brandon Jones. Milk THe Funk Facebook group. 07/11/2017.]</ref>.