Essencia Carbon Filter

[fuf]

Yes it should. I had this problem once and found the answer was to fill the upper chamber with water and as it filters through keep topping it until both the top and bottom chambers are completely full then leave the whole thing for 24 hours.

After this procedure I found it worked a treat.

AM

Firstly I soaked as per the instructions, but for 12 hours instead of 2. Then I did the same as aidanmac 24 hours and then drained off the water. Filled the upper chamber with 45% booze, left it overnight and the next morning topped up and opened the tap.

The manual states 500ml per hour.....8 hours later and only 2 litres. So, I removed the ceramic filter and soaked that overnight in 40% booze, just in case there was an airlock. Reassembled but still no great improvement in filtering throughput.

[Anavrin]

500ml per hour is with a full top tank, it's slower with less as there's less weight of liquid, as it comes though it slows as the weight in the top tank decreases.

You need to figure out which filter is the slow one, with only the ceramic filter fitted I get a drop every few seconds if that helps, if that one seems ok give the carbon one a good shake just in case it's all clumped together and blocking the flow.

Or you could try each filter on its own, and measure it that way.

[fuf]

Thanks for that Anavrin. Just wish there was a turbo filter on the market

[Easydrinker]

LOL.
This is home and craft distilling.
Not a Deageo like operation.
Give the the spirit a little time to rest.
It should come good.

Robert.

[beerbeermorebeer]

anyone looked at these?. iv sort of broke me eccensia filter and looked around for an alternative
and found this.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151258672389? ... EBIDX%3AIT

any thoughts?

beer.

[YHB]

These are the best Carbon filters on the market, No plastic of any type and cost less than 2 Pounds.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1131&hilit=bottle+bottom

[beerbeermorebeer]

nice idea but i prefare the eccencia

[Easydrinker]

I think the Essencia beats the Teracotta link that you posted,by a distance.
Sorry if you didn't want to hear that.
And I can't prove that statement,but the Teracotta item is marketed for filtering water,not alcohol.
Try it yourself,or find some reviews that say it is good for cleaning/polishing alcohol,and I would give it more consideration.
YHB's suggestion remains the top low cost option.
It is more work,and smaller quantities;the main reason that Essencia users continue to use them.
Wishing you well with the filtering choice that you make,and hoping that you share with us if you find a low cost option.

Robert.

[beerbeermorebeer]

i think you'l find that the essencia is just a "water filter" too.

and if you look into the design of both items, they are pretty much the same in what they do.when it first came out, it was marketed as a water filter as i was unsure wether to buy one and they NOW advertise it as a alcohol filter.

none of the ecc plastics are alcohol grade hence the lid cracking, and the filters are just water filters too. even the silicone that holds the ceramic dome onto the top filter degrades very quickly and comes off after a short while

[YHB]

The Essencia uses Activated Carrbon to remove the unwanted tastes I cannot see any mention of Ativated Carbon in the terra cotta model, only Ceramic Filters. It does however seem to require a Candle? I do not think that this should be recommended in a device for filtering high strength alcohol. The "colloidal silver coating at its bottom to prevent icky bacteria growth" is a new one on me, is COLLOIDAL SILVER COATING alcohol resistant or will we end up going blue like Papa Smurf.

It may be a good water filter but for treating ethanol, I do not think so.

[beerbeermorebeer]

lmfao. they refer to the ceramic filter as a "candle" if you read it properly, and they ARE filled
with activated carbon.

the only bug bare as you stated, is the silver lining. that i am very unsure of my self.

http://www.stefaniterracotta.com/stefan ... r%20filter

[YHB]

Oop's missed the link to the other page.

At the time I was wondering how they managed to get the temperature 0-15 degrees lower than room temperature when I saw the reference to candles and I assumed, very wrongly, that they had some form of expansion system to cool the water, like gas fridges that have a very small flame.

Complete fantasy on my part, must concentrate harder.

[beerbeermorebeer]

yeah i think the 10-15c difference is a bit of BS to be fair.

i actually think it would be suitable for spirit as its designed well and priced even better. plus having 3 filters instead of one is a bonus and im very tempted to buy one but its the silver bit thats putting me off.

as you say, i can imagine it getting dissolved into the spirit and that cant be good at all.

beer.

[Toper]

I thought the following might interest you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver#Biology

Medical uses of silver
The medical uses of silver include its incorporation into wound dressings, and its use as an antibiotic coating in medical devices. Wound dressings containing silver sulfadiazine or silver nanomaterials may be used to treat external infections. Silver is also used in some medical applications, such as urinary catheters and endotracheal breathing tubes, where there is tentative evidence that it is effective in reducing catheter-related urinary tract infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia respectively.[41][42] The silver ion (Ag+
) is bioactive and in sufficient concentration readily kills bacteria in vitro. Silver and silver nanoparticles are used as an antimicrobial in a variety of industrial, healthcare and domestic applications

However, from my own observations, when silver is used for goblets and other drinking vessels (for alcohol), it is very often plated with gold to prevent contact of the silver with the alcoholic liquid, as it appears to corrode or oxidise.

T

[beerbeermorebeer]

However, from my own observations, when silver is used for goblets and other drinking vessels (for alcohol), it is very often plated with gold to prevent contact of the silver with the alcoholic liquid, as it appears to corrode or oxidise.....


thats what i was thinking. oh well, it was worth a try lol. it looks like il have to bodge the old filter.