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"I'm using carbon from brewhaus it came in the gold kit, I'm not sure how much carbon to use per 5 gal wash, how to store it after use and how long should the carbon last. I understand to boil the carbon to improve the efficiency but not sure about the rest.
Thanks to all, for all your help without forums and people's willingness to help the distillation population would be a lot smaller."
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" Originally Posted by: j744  I'm using carbon from brewhaus it came in the gold kit, I'm not sure how much carbon to use per 5 gal wash, how to store it after use and how long should the carbon last. I understand to boil the carbon to improve the efficiency but not sure about the rest.
Thanks to all, for all your help without forums and people's willingness to help the distillation population would be a lot smaller. I don't use the filter anymore. I cut my final spirit to drinking strength, place it in appropriate sized jugs or carboys and add at least half a cup per gallon, the more the better. Swirl daily for a week or so. I just let it sit together till needed, then filter through a coffee filter with a large tea strainer. Boil and bake the carbon per instructions on the brewhaus site."
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"What happens with the carbon after you strain it. Can you use it again and again. When you talk about baking and boiling you mean so you can use it the way your are talking about. Doesn't the carbon give a slight color to the spirit.
If you cut your spirits to taste place carbon in a carboy and leave the carbon in the carboy until consumed, wont that during filtration make your spirit stronger than before removing a bit of the water you cut it with. I guess I'm not sure what the carbon is actually doing in the final spirits. I thought it was absorbing any fine (particles) When you actually run the spirit through the carbon gravity feed system it moves across the filter medium catching particulates. Yes No maybe?"
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"Just a note when you boil your carbon after using. I was using a propane fish fryer to boil the carbon to get rid of impurities,every thing going fine,just little poping sounds so I was stiring when all of a sudden the (water and carbon ) had the most beautiful blue flame on top.Nothing serious but just passing along more information.
docmj"
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"Basically, the purpose of useing the carbon is to remomove the larger moleducules of the tails. Something like an oil. Nasty tasting in ppm. They do a great jov in cleansing. They do trap some alchohal also, though it is minimal.
Lots of stink in the cleansing process of the carbon. even if you distilled at 95%. Worth the doing for totally no bite white.
'works for me."
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"Just so I understand. You put the carbon right in the final product, just dumb it in and leave it until you want to consume it. I just don't understand how it filter this way.
If your carbon isn't extra extra clean then it will have a tint, I do understand that you catch it in the coffee filter that is placed in a large tea strainer. Do you clean the carbon after use or throw it out?"
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" Originally Posted by: j744 Just so I understand. You put the carbon right in the final product, just dumb it in and leave it until you want to consume it. I just don't understand how it filter this way.
If your carbon isn't extra extra clean then it will have a tint, I do understand that you catch it in the coffee filter that is placed in a large tea strainer. Do you clean the carbon after use or throw it out? I'm new too...BUT, according to what he said, he puts the carbon right in the final produce, then he ""swirls"" the jug (thereby mixing the carbon up with the product) daily for a week. The swirling causes it to mix up with the product, and the carbon ""collects"" stuff in the process. Even if the carbon is pretty clean, it will tint the product, however, when he runs it through the coffee filter, the coffee filter clears the product up. Brewhaus has some more expensive filters that do a really good job. You CAN clean the carbon after use, and reuse it, if you want to. Put the carbon in a pot with plenty of water, and boil it to get the ""oils"" etc. out. Some change the water several times. After boiling the carbon in the water, you place it in an oven at (you'll have to look this up) a certain temperature, to ""reactivate"" the carbon. Be sure and boil it before the oven, though. It seems in the things I've read that an electric oven is recommended, but not sure,,, maybe someone with experience will jump in on this.  "
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" Originally Posted by: garyliza I'm new too...BUT, according to what he said, he puts the carbon right in the final produce, then he ""swirls"" the jug (thereby mixing the carbon up with the product) daily for a week. The swirling causes it to mix up with the product, and the carbon ""collects"" stuff in the process. Even if the carbon is pretty clean, it will tint the product, however, when he runs it through the coffee filter, the coffee filter clears the product up. Brewhaus has some more expensive filters that do a really good job. You CAN clean the carbon after use, and reuse it, if you want to. Put the carbon in a pot with plenty of water, and boil it to get the ""oils"" etc. out. Some change the water several times. After boiling the carbon in the water, you place it in an oven at (you'll have to look this up) a certain temperature, to ""reactivate"" the carbon. Be sure and boil it before the oven, though. It seems in the things I've read that an electric oven is recommended, but not sure,,, maybe someone with experience will jump in on this. You have it down pat! Also, if I remember right after so many years, there is a Brownian movement all the time, so there is constant movement and collideing going on. There will be a lot of odor given off during the bakeing process also. This is where the water insoluble oils are released. Be prepared."
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Hey, J744 Use the link below and down load this free Ebook. It's short, and detailed, and will teach you everything you ever want to know about carbon filtering ! http://homedistiller.org/activated_book1.pdf Later CD
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