Loose carbon filtering

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Loose carbon filtering

Postby Tasturbo » Sun May 01, 2016 10:54 pm

Does anyone use loose carbon filtering, just putting sone carbon into the storage bottles ?

Interested in any thoughts? after reading this i might try it.

http://homedistiller.org/distill/polish

http://homebrewerswarehouse.com.au/index.php?route=extras/blog/getblog&blog_id=25
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Re: Loose carbon filtering

Postby Easydrinker » Sun May 01, 2016 11:11 pm

I don't know of anyone on this site that does.
But the question is not far away from another active thread here currently.
Carbon filtering is only done for a neutral tasting spirit,
mostly by pot stillers, as other stillers tend to get a more neutral spirit anyway.
And carbon sitting passively in the bottom of a bottle of spirit will not work as efficiently as carbon tumbling through an inverted bottle of spirit.
Or, spirit tumbling through carbon in a bought or homemade carbon filter.
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Re: Loose carbon filtering

Postby chill » Mon May 02, 2016 4:10 am

I've done it that way. A slow drip though a good bed of carbon works better and faster.
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Re: Loose carbon filtering

Postby Easydrinker » Mon May 02, 2016 10:41 pm

chill wrote:I've done it that way. A slow drip though a good bed of carbon works better and faster.


Thanx mate, that feels like backup/agreement.

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Re: Loose carbon filtering

Postby chill » Mon May 02, 2016 10:55 pm

Now if you had a slow speed motor that you could hook up to something that endlessly inverted the demijohn, you might be onto something! I am far too lazy myself.
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Re: Loose carbon filtering

Postby Mash » Tue May 03, 2016 5:15 am

Lay the DJ on its side, like a rock tumbler and insert inert agitators.

I am too lazy too :)
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