"Relatively new to distilling, so far I've done 2 washes & both came out with about 6 qts of 90 to 95% each time from 25L washes. I use a column type internal reflux packed with copper & ceramic that I built myself with plans on a website.

Question 1: It seems the simplest way to carbon filter is to just put some carbon in the jar with the distillate cut to about 50%. If so how much carbon should I put in a 1 quart jar and for how long?

Question 2: I've tried cutting to 50% with store bought distilled water, my product becomes cloudy after doing this, Do I have bad distilled water?

Question 3: Gonna try El Rickos rum next. How do I do this with an internal reflux without stripping the flavor away?

I appreciate any help with these questions, your help & expertise has gotten me this far already...

John"

What water are you using to cut your distilled spirit?

"mtnwalker2
I had a simmilar problem, does your product get cloudly after sitting in a jar for awhile,
if so, i started using the stone carbon filter from brewhous and it solved the problem, but only for a neutral sprit, it will partially strip flavor from other washes

still tippin
grasshoper"