Liquid Charcoal Neutral

[drox888]

Just wanted to share a little experiment I'm doing at the moment. Friend gave me a few bottles of liquid charcoal that people swallow at the hospital when poisoned. Thought I'd try using it to absorb off tastes in a high alcohol neutral wash. Seems to be working so far. Here's a pic of the two washes I've made with the following recipe:

Poison Control Neutral Wash

20L tap water + 1 chewable Vitamine C powdered and added, left to sit over night
10KG Corn sugar
1 heaped tsp of citric acid
2 heaped tsp of DAP
1.5 tsp calcium sulphate
1/8 tsp magnesium sulphate
1/2 Bottle of liquid charcoal (for poison control)
1/4 cup distillers yeast

Heated half the water in a huge stock pot and dissolved all the sugar. Added in everything else except the yeast and charcoal. Added it to a rest of the water which was cool added yeast and charcoal when temp was at about 35C. (in fermenting bucket) Bucket placed in a cool basement 18-19C. Fermented for about 8 days was totally black. SPG almost exactly 1.000 then transferred to 7gallon glass carboy. Added bentonite clay and charcoal seems to have mostly settled. Still cloudy but clearing. I will be taking measurements to test alcohol strength tonight or tomorrow but it should be around 20-21 percent. Smells and tastes very neutral. Will be stripping shortly.

*The smaller clear carboy on the left in rum.

[Beerswimmer]

Sounds like it would help to absorb some off flavors and toxins. I'm an EMT and have tons of this laying around.