Activated Charcoal Filters for Cheap Alcohol?

Interesting, but a careful fractional distillation would have probably been more effective in removing the higher alcohols that are responsible for nasty hangovers.

Tom S

It's probably a case of spending a dollar to save a quarter. Just go to Costco and buy Smirnoff instead of that rotgut.

Tom S

Smirnoff ISN'T rotgut??? It's the holidays, buy some Grey Goose.

Mathew En Vino Veritas

Actually, a little research indicates that Chopin is a better choice:

Tom S

Heck, at Costco, you might as well buy the highly-filtered Absolut and be done with it.

Dana

I have probably said it earlier - the old name for Absolut was "Absolut pure spirits", stemming from 19th century competition between local producers surpassing each other in providing multiply distilled and multiply filtered spirits to the public. Anders

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and select advanced search. Put in "activated charcoal"in the exact phrase box and put in "filter" in the required words box. You will find many links which you will have to sort, as some are air filters , etc. For one example, has activated charcoal filters designed for a coffemaker or two. Also chemical supply houses sell activated charcoal in bulk that you probably could hold in place with a paper coffee filter. However, at least in the US, most chemical supply houses will not sell to the general public. In addition some water filters that attach to faucets have a smal activated charcoal filter to remove impurites from water. However you probably would have to apply pressure to the spirits to force them through this filter in a reasonable time. Also you would have to make certain that any plastics, o-rings, and gaskets used in the filter can be used with a solution of about 50% alcohol in water. This is a wine group, and most of us have had little experience in processing spirits.

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Well, I thought the topic of your post was how to economically get filtered liquor. Those Brita filters aren't that cheap. A 1.75l bottle of Absolut is $23 USD at my local Costco, which works out to about $10/750ml. That's pretty cheap.

If, on the *wine* newsgroup, we're not answering your question about *cheap hard liquor* satisfactorily, then you're quite welcome to ignore anything we say. Given the price you're paying for the advice, it is rude to become demanding.

Dana

Dana, sorry if I came off as "demanding" or "rude." I was asking for input about the question because I assumed people in this group have experience filtering wine or possibly other home drinks.

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superfiltering is not desirable in wine. rough filter to get out sediment but don't disturb the magic in the bottle.