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Cleaning up spirits

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:38 am
by stillvodka
Hello,

Is it OK to mix activated carbon directly in the container with your spirits?
and just swearle it around leave it for awhile and filter it through to remove any carbon dust that maybe left

Why i ask is that ive found that there seem to be so many methods of doing the polishing up of spirits, some people don't even bother.

Thanks

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:50 am
by stoker
it's ok
it's even the best way to use activated carbon

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:06 pm
by junkyard dawg
Some people make spirits that don't NEED polishing. Turbo yeasts almost always need polishing.

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:31 pm
by Grayson_Stewart
Just tossing the carbon in there and letting it "swirl" around then settle out is how water treatment plants make potable water, so yes...thats perfectly fine. However I would be sure and swirl it around several times a day and leave it for a few days.

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:54 pm
by stillvodka
Thanks for that info,

I know now that i have been doing it the right way, the stuff i have made has been OK to me, although some of it has had a whiskey sort of taste, down to being turbo wash i recon.