Calcium in finished product

[StarkBlood1980]

So I made the rookie mistake of using bottled water for diluting my neutral and I think the calcium has come out of suspension and is making my product cloudy and leaving a residue in the bottom of my Demi.
Question is, is there a way I can filter this out?

Also going forward can I used deionised water rather than distilled as that seems easier to come by locally

Thanks
Chris

[DuckofDeath]

You have a still.. make your own distilled water

[StarkBlood1980]

You have a still.. make your own distilled water

I’m struggling to find time to run my washes let alone water!

[StillerBoy]

So I made the rookie mistake of using bottled water for diluting my neutral and I think the calcium has come out of suspension and is making my product cloudy and leaving a residue in the bottom of my Demi.

I'm of the view that your cloudy neutral has nothing to do with your water, but everything to do with how you distill and made cuts.. tails with make any spirit cloudy to some degree, and the cloudiness usually settles out with time if left alone..

Mars

[StarkBlood1980]

So I made the rookie mistake of using bottled water for diluting my neutral and I think the calcium has come out of suspension and is making my product cloudy and leaving a residue in the bottom of my Demi.

I'm of the view that your cloudy neutral has nothing to do with your water, but everything to do with how you distill and made cuts.. tails with make any spirit cloudy to some degree, and the cloudiness usually settles out with time if left alone..

Mars

It’s only been in the Demi 24 hours and cloudy isn’t necessary the best description, we have very hard water in my area and what’s come out of suspension looks very much like limescale to me, it’s very small white particles.
I have wine that goes cloudy when refrigerated and this is different, the particles are larger

[greggn]

> what’s come out of suspension looks very much like limescale to me, it’s very small white particles.

Anything that large should be easily filtered by any mechanical means ... coffee filters, a swatch of felt, or (my favorite) a cotton ball stuffed in the throat of a funnel.

[StarkBlood1980]

> what’s come out of suspension looks very much like limescale to me, it’s very small white particles.

Anything that large should be easily filtered by any mechanical means ... coffee filters, a swatch of felt, or (my favorite) a cotton ball stuffed in the throat of a funnel.

Thanks
I have a Harris wine filter but will plastic be ok at 40% abv?

[fizzix]

No. No plastics.
Run some through a coffee filter and see if it clears. Slow, but effective if it works.

[StarkBlood1980]

No. No plastics.
Run some through a coffee filter and see if it clears. Slow, but effective if it works.

Ok thanks, I’ll try the coffee filters