Should you filter your liquor? Charcoal vs Activated Carbon 

Thanks brother, so glad I broke the 10k mark, thanks for all the inspiration. Yeah, the charcoal vs carbon thing comes up alot so Thought a test will be good to try...

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Awesome will do thanks brother

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JDaniels does filtering before aging which is where the charred barrels flavor the whiskey

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Thank you Paul Will get video out ASAP

@@BEAVERDIY No rush Beaver Congratulations on the 10k milestone, your channel has a lot of awesome videos and information. I see things are getting wild over there. Stay safe bro

Will do thanks

cool idea! I'll give this a shot on my next run.

True that, sorry should have said that

Thanks Pecca, Yeah don't filter either, but the question comes up alot, looking at doing a live stream soon.

Yes the slower you filter the better the end result.

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Hi Michael Yes absolutely I just filtered the aged to add a visual effect for reverence

Hi Diederik, The rich smooth taste of Richelieue, is hard to get to the closest I have come was with 25% white raisins and 10% black, with grape juice and no sugar, did not boil the raisins before hand and aged on AM oak and FR oak,

@@BEAVERDIY thanks. Do you mean instead of sugar and water you just add juice to fill to 20l. If you say 25% and 10% raisins, is that 25% and 10% of what?

@@diederikmader2946 the volume of wash

Ahmed, Not 100% sure about that did some research and the size of the Tyramine should be captured in the stone carbon media.

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Hi Xavier, True and false, this will depend on what you are trying to filter out, heavier oils will be filter out at higher ABV, Higher ABV will allow you to take some of the spiky flavor out and keep the deeper flavors.

Hi Timothy, I completely agree with you on the filter, I have yet to have had the need to filter my product, I think if I were to attempted a vodka that has no flavor it might be an option.

@@BEAVERDIY OK.... now im wondering how filtering a non-flavor vodka helps to filter for flavor. A "carbon" filter removes particles. Ethanol is our target distil by temperature. Its not a particle. Particles are the impurities in the distillate that adds the flavor... how does filtering an unflavored vodka improve the taste? IM an engineer that is probably an expert on filtration.. BUT I am not an expert on distillation of spirits .So when I ask questions... I genuinely dont know the answer...lol..... Im just asking to learn from someone with more experience. So I humbly ask what you think when you say filter if no flavor.. Because I dont get it. Than you. PS: I also understand there is an art process here that I may never understand. Art and engineering dont always agree. So I am all ears...

@@timothyjones9430 when distilling a vodka the aim is to get it as pure as possible, distilling it to as close to Isotopes as possible, zero flavor, but no matter how well you your setup can strip flavor you will always have some flavor compounds pushing into the final product, as one can only really distill to around 95% so to remove the last remaining flavor brands like Absolut filter the spirit 3 times once even chilled to below freezing, this removes all flavor and leaves a product that is devoid of flavor.

@@BEAVERDIY Vodka is primarily a potato mash where as a distilled sugar wash is primarily a target neutral sprit. Are you saying..... that in a perfect world . there would be no difference between a potato mash vodka and a sugar wash? IM saying IF ....the world was perfect and target distillation was perfect? All conditions perfect... The target distillates from a potato mash and sugar wash would be equal? If your answer is yes... Its going to kill my thoughts on using sweet potato's for my next batch. lololo . May as well dump pure sugar. Its simpler and cleaner. Damn it.. I just planted a 1/4 acre of sweet potato's to make vodka.!

@@timothyjones9430 yes and no, Vodka was made with a Potato based mash, but the vast majority of vodka is now distilled from Grains much easier to convert starch and can be stored in large volumes for long periods of time, however potato based vodka is still a thing but mainly as a nostalgic type of spirit. To answer your question regarding a sugar v a convert product, it will come down to more factors than just flavor, in labs when the test for flavor change they use a neutral wine I.E. sugar wash but mainly dextrose super clean ferment easy sugar for yeast to consume. So yes if you are going for flavorless a sugarwash will get you close quickly, but for mouth feel, texture and over all drink ability a convert will beat a sugar wash easy, so no you did not waste your time on the sweet potato it will give you a far better product than a sugar wash.

Yes the ABV does drop if you filter.

@@BEAVERDIY thanks 👍

It does seem to remove a bit of taste and maybe a point or so of abv but in return it makes your product so smooth .

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