StillSmart

Little story first -
i have the essencia filter already, the ceramic filter and the carbon are only 2 filter runs old (the carbon is good for 5 according to the info in the box), they are always kept wet

The problem is last week, 2 of them little small fly's made it past my venus fly traps , made it into the container, had a party, got drunk .... and well died. the problem now is the contents now tasts like crap, like some toxin has been released into the filtered 40% spirit .

my question is are both the filters shot?

at £48 (plus shipping) for both ceramic and carbon i am kinda thinking that this is not worth it and i am thinking a EZ filter may be a better option (£52 for the unit then £4 for a filter every 20L filtered) as i do not generally do many runs each year.

Your thoughts and views would be very appriciated

You ether like the EZ or you don’t, I like it. It is clean and easy to use, you don’t have to mess around with messy charcoal and it packs down well for storage.

After my last couple of runs I have triple boiled and oven dried the charcoal filter and it works fine.

Pyro

Somewhere I read that you can give the ceramic filer a gentle scrub and wash through - in fact I think it was recommended in the instructions for the essencia - which should sort that. On the carbon side, i bought a bag of carbon, took the filter cartridge apart, emptied out the old carbon, gave it all a good wash, put the new carbon in, replaced the top, re-installed and it is all working fine - cost £1.30 for a third of a bag of carbon

thanks for the replys guys

well i took the plunge and bought the EZ filter, i am just worried that what ever leached out of the 2 dead bugs may have some how impregnated the ceramic, or even the carbon inside the ceramic filter. and for £1 difference (£48 for both the ceramic and carbon filters, or £49 for the EZ from wineworks), i'll go with the cheaper long term option (carbon in essencia dose 50L for £21, EZ dose 20L for £4)

money is tight these days