Coal for moonshine: buy or cook yourself
Experienced distiller, making homemade alcoholic beverage, "Cuts off heads and tails". or "Operations" involve the separation of the first strongest dose of alcohol and its last fraction, the weakest. And after the first distillation of the brew makes the second. Purification of moonshine with coal is done after the primary distillation. The fusel odor must be removed. And this is done by a vessel with a wood or other activated substance.
About receipt
Birch charcoal for cleaning alcohol from fusel oils is done as follows. Completely dried birch firewood is burned (at high temperatures) in a metal container or pit in the absence of oxygen. This is called pyrolysis. Coal for moonshine filtration can also be obtained from coal coke in this way. And even from the shell of coconuts and walnuts, peat coke, etc.. D. You can take ready-made coal, example, for barbecue. The latter is the same tree, but it comes from different species of trees. It is better to choose birch. Coconut charcoal is even better to use.
about cleaning
How to properly clean moonshine? You need to take the appropriate activated material and build a filter. This substance is in gas masks, aquarium filters and water purification, sold and special coal for winemaking. The same, which is offered in pharmacies, contains impurities. And water purification filters contain ion exchange resin to soften the water. Gas charcoal must be clean. That is, you must take an unused device.
About different ways of cleaning
Cleaning moonshine with coal at home is possible in two ways. The first is filtration. And the second is the placement of activated carbon directly in the moonshine. What to take, to make a filter?
It is made from a cut plastic bottle or a ready-made funnel. Cotton wool is stuffed into her throat, wrapped in gauze (you can take a ready tampon). And on top of it is placed layers of activated carbon. Cleaning is done by straining the drink.
The process is quite long, but effective. You can support the funnel with your hands. Or fasten it over the container, where to pour purified alcoholic beverage in any way.
How to clean without using a filter? Charring of moonshine by immersion in the cleaning reagent occurs in compliance with the correct proportions. Per liter of drink is consumed 50 g of activated substance.
The mixture is infused for up to two weeks with occasional shaking. Then the moonshine is filtered. This can be done through cotton wool or calcined river sand.
About the shell of the coconut palm fruit
Coconut charcoal has smaller pores, than wood. It is remarkable for its properties. And it consumes less per liter of alcohol. Coal filter from coconut shell is difficult to make, after all, coconuts do not grow in Russia. But you can buy a ready-made activated substance from an exotic palm fruit. The technology of cleaning moonshine is the same, as described above.
About the column
Coal filtration column with pump
Carbon filter can be bought and ready. It is inexpensive. Sold in the form of a steel column. The reagent is placed in it. Purification of any alcoholic beverage with such a column is effective, that its easy to use. In an hour a liter of liquid passes through it. The column will last for many years, since it is made of stainless steel. And how to clean moonshine with coal, this is stated above.
Simple device
If there is birch charcoal for cleaning, then the manufacture of the simplest filter device begins with crushing, if the pieces are large. This can be done in a saucepan. Then prepare a funnel from a plastic bottle. Holes are leaking in its plug. The fleece is tightly hammered into the neck.
The activated material is filled into the funnel. When filtered, it will begin to emerge, it is necessary to prevent this. It is easiest to press a mass of coal on top with a metal mesh. The bottle is placed on a glass jar upside down (it is cut off in advance). And moonshine is poured on top. And the purified liquid will pour from below. You can repeat the process, changing the charcoal. The filter for moonshine is used once.
Finally
Adsorption of harmful fusel oils from moonshine with activated substance must be used. Eliminating fusel oils makes home liquids safer. Combined with double distillation, it will be even better.
Enriching moonshine with activated and in various ways obtained substance is possible at home, it is not expensive financially. The main thing, that the drink will be safer to drink, liver health is paramount, and the whole human body. The use of coal for this is effective. Our ancestors also used a filter to clean alcohol.
