Description
The Ultimate Spirit Carbon Filter Kit is designed to dramatically improve the flavour and odour of homebrew spirits. It is the ultimate alcohol purifier filter!
Using a home brew spirit GAC carbon filter gives you total control of the quality of your spirits.
This filter system will save you time and money while making your spirits smoother and giving them a much better taste!
How The Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit Works
The Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit can be used to filter water to be used for making spirits then used to filter out impurities, odours, and oils from the distilled spirit.
The 12.5mm ID food grade clear tubing supplied will fit onto most fermenter container taps (top feed container and tap are not supplied in kit) to gravity feed the spirit down to the black elbow at the bottom of the filter.
The spirit then travels up through a filter screen then a plastic grill which holds the GAC carbon in place. The air is slowly forced out the top of the filter as the spirit fills the clear housing.
The filtered spirit then travels through the 250g’s of activated carbon to the top then goes through a filter pad and filter screen before leaving the filter at the top out the John Guest quick connect white elbow fitting.
The spirit goes down the small white tubing to a flow control valve. With this flow control valve, you can adjust the output down to a slow drip pace allowing the longest contact time in the filter and the highest remove rate of contaminants.
After the flow control valve the spirit travels down the tubing into your end product container.
Each refill of carbon can last a couple of batches before it is recommended to be replaced.
(carbon not included in default kit, please select it in product options if needed)
Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit – What’s In The Box?
The kit includes everything you need to get started:
- 1 x Clear cannister with screw top lid
- 1 x 1/4″ BSP to fitting 1/2″ nipple screwed into bottom of cannister
- 1 x 1/2″ Female BSP to 12mm Stem elbow attached to bottom of cannister
- 1 x 1/4″ Male BSP to 1/4″ Push In Tube Elbow attached to top of cannister
- 1 x 1/4″ to 1/4″ Flow restrictor connecting 1/4″ tubing
- 70cm x 12.5mm OD Clear Plastic Tubing
- 100cm x 1/4″ White Tubing (cut into two sections)
- 1 x Push On Hose Fitting and 1/4″ Tube to 1/4″ BSP fitting for flushing
- 2 x Plastic clamps
- 1 x Plastic mounting clip
- 1 x Full user instructions
- 1 x BONUS sheet of filter screen so you can make your own replacement filter screens for inside the housing!
High quality activated coconut carbon is available by selecting the product options.
Look under Activated Carbon category on the left for the GAC carbon granules and filter screen replacements.
Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit Specifications
- Dimensions of the clear canister: 290mm x 62mm (not including the fittings)
- Clear tubing OD: 12.5mm
- White Tubing OD: 6mm (1/4″)
- Clear tubing length: 70cm
- White tubing length: 100cm cut into three segments
Ultimate Spirit Kit Replacement Parts
- Replacement O-ring: BS137
- Replacement Carbon: 2kg Bag Coconut Carbon or 12.5kg Bag Coconut Carbon
- Replacement Housing: 1125E Clear Housing
- Replacement Tubing: Clear 12.5mm Tubing and 1/4″ White Tubing
- Replacement Filter Screen: 3mm Felt Filter Screen 5 Micron
- Replacement top 1/4″ NPT to 1/4″ Tube Fitting (thin tubing): GT10-23LS
Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit Benefits
- Dramatically improves taste and odour of your spirits
Running your water and processed spirits through carbon can make a massive difference to the quality of the finished product. Carbon adsorbs a wide variety of contaminants found in both water and distilled spirits including bad tastes/odours, chlorine, chloramines, volatile organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, herbicides, pesticides, petrochemicals, and much more. It not only makes your spirit tastier, it also becomes healthier! - Cost effective way to improve your spirits
Using a refillable cartridge is much more cost-effective than enclosed water filters found in jugs. If you use a jug filter system to clean up your spirit, you may pay as much as $8-10 for a tiny amount amount of carbon. When you use the ultimate spirit kit, you can buy large carbon in 2kg bags which will give you 8 to 9 refills and better value. Each refill can do multiple batches of spirits (although we recommend that you don’t keep the same carbon in the cannister for longer than 2 weeks after using it). - Easy Clean-up
Once you have run a couple of batches through the filter, you simply unscrew the top, remove the filter pad and dump the carbon on your garden or in your green bin. Give the housing and sediment pads a quick rinse, then let dry before storing. - 100% Food Grade Components
The housing, fittings, and tubing are all high-quality food-grade materials. - Complete control
You can use the tap on your vat and the flow control valve on the 1/4″ line to adjust the flow rate and contact time of your spirit. This gives you the ability to fine tune your processes and obtain the best results possible. - Much more effective than jug filters
Many home distillers resort to jug water filters made by companies like Brita. Unfortunately, these filters contain a small amount of carbon and there is no control over how quickly the carbon flows through the filter. With the Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit, you will have a large amount of carbon and the ability to control contact time, which leads to much better results.
The Ultimate Spirit Filter Kit is the easiest way to dramatically improve the flavour and aroma of your spirits. Use the buy now button above to place your order today!
Ultimate Spirit Kit – Frequently Asked Questions
How Does Activated Carbon Improve Spirits?
Activated carbon can remove a wide range of contaminants from water and distilled spirits, including volatile organic compounds (which can cause a bitter flavour), chlorine, chloramines, pesticides, herbicides, and other undesirable molecules.
Is Replacement Carbon Expensive?
A 2kg bag of coconut carbon will give you approximately 8 refills.
If you are running small batches close together, you could run several batches through the unit before needing another bag of carbon.
When Is Carbon Spirit Filtration Unsuitable?
Flavoured spirits
Carbon will remove some flavour when it takes out harsh components of a spirit. So, if you are processing gin or a flavoured spirit, you may lose some positive flavours and aromas. For this reason, we always recommend adding botanicals and flavourings after you have filtered using carbon.
High Strength Undiluted Spirits
When a spirit is undiluted, it will have a higher concentration of volatile organic compounds which can give it a harsh taste of smell. For this reason, the carbo may be less effective at successfully adsorbing the negative components within the spirit. The solution is to:
- Run the spirit through the carbon multiple times
- Slow the flow rate even more to increase contact time
- Cut the spirit with water
What Is Activated Carbon?
What Is Coconut Carbon?
Coconut carbon is made from crushed coconut shells. The crushed shells are processed to have more pores which can absorb chemical molecules.
Coconut carbon has become the most common form of carbon used in filtration over the last decade, as it a sustainable source of carbon and can add a sweeter flavour to drinking water.
Can You Re-Use Your Carbon?
Because the cannister contains 250 grams of carbon, you could use it for multiple batches. However, we recommend you don’t keep using it for longer than 2 weeks as the wet carbon may become contaminated.
if you are doing large batches of spirits we’d recommend changing your carbon every time. Carbon is inexpensive, so it’s worth replacing it frequently to ensure your spirit tastes as good as possible.
How Does Chlorine Make It Through The Distillation Process?
One of the main advantages of using carbon filtration on your spirits is that it will remove chlorine and other residual chemicals. Removing these compounds is one of the ways carbon filtration will improve your end product.
Alan Spiers (verified owner) –
I bought this after seeing a you tube video, It was that good i bought another and sent it to the UK for my son. Brilliant.