Modular carbon filter

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Modular carbon filter

Postby Doubleuj » Sun May 21, 2017 11:17 am

I am trying to make some white rum and was in need of a carbon filter.
Not wanting to buy one or build one( I don't see myself filtering often) I saw the potential in the pieces of my still...
So, here's my modular filter
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It's my packed section (empty) on
4"-2" reducer on
500mm PC (4x 1/2" internals) on
2"-3/4" reducer with my parrot drain tap

Inside the bottom reducer I stuffed some cheese cloth then
I poured some old carbon which I got from a garage sale down the PC tubes until they were full.
This means I've got 4x 500mm long tubes of carbon for filtering.
I don't know if this is too much or not enough, any input from the filtering guys would be appreciated.
Especially about the carbon:
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Re: Modular carbon filter

Postby vqstatesman » Sun May 21, 2017 11:38 am

Personally I use coconut carbon. My filter is 2" by about 1 meter and has a 4" piece at the top for filling.

I'm sure yours will work fine. Use the tap to slow the rate and you can always filter a second/third time ect.

I had had good success filtering aged/oaked rum into white rum.
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Re: Modular carbon filter

Postby warramungas » Sun May 21, 2017 12:24 pm

600 ml (ml not grams) will do about 10 liters depending how dirty your less than 50% spirit is. I know that volume as its how much my tube holds when i pour it in. Filling the tube with rinsed carbon is a pita and I haven't seen any difference in product so I just pour the alcohol into the tube on dry carbon and let it soak all the way down with the valve shut before I start to draw it off. I always put the first half a liter taken out back in the top though. Relatively clean spirit will get up to 15liters before it starts to taste like snot out the bottom of the tap. I'll usually do 10 then change the carbon I use.
1 kg is roughly equivalent to 2.5 (600 ml loads) runs.
Don't see why the carbon wouldn't work.
I use this one but don't know what type carbon it is. Works well.
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