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When making homemade alcohol, it is impossible to avoid obtaining secondary products of processing raw materials into alcohol - the so-called fusel oils. These include propyl, isopropyl amyl and isoamyl alcohols, acetaldehyde, furfural. These chemicals negatively affect the body, causing headaches, hangovers, poisoning after drinking homemade alcohol that has not been thoroughly cleaned. It is possible to remove fusel oils from moonshine using folk methods involving the use of improvised means, or specialized equipment.

What are fusel oils

This name is borne by a whole group of substances obtained during the fermentation of starchy or fruit raw materials. In its pure form, they have an oily consistency, a bitter pungent odor. Alcoholic beverages that have not been properly purified contain these toxic high molecular weight compounds that have a negative effect on the body. Moonshine contains the largest amount of toxins after primary distillation. Their presence can be easily recognized by the pungent smell of acetone.

When poorly purified fuselage is consumed, toxins very quickly enter the bloodstream, stressing the liver, which tries to filter them and remove them. Even a small amount of harmful impurities that have broken through the natural processes of cleansing in the human body causes a severe hangover. Having drunk a low-quality product with a high content of toxins, a person provides himself with a sharp headache, intestinal problems. The constant use of low-grade fuselage leads to cirrhosis of the liver, kidney problems.

Purification of moonshine from fusel oils is an obligatory process for the production of alcohol, without which it will be unusable. In industrial production, large distillation columns are used for cleaning, equipped with reflux condensers that separate harmful impurities from alcohol vapors. The process of rectifying alcohol at home is performed using a hand-assembled or purchased moonshine still. It does a good job of detoxifying toxins, but the process can be improved by using available tools in the following steps:

1. Fermentation. To reduce the content of toxins in the finished wash, increase the process temperature to 30 degrees.
2. First distillation. A vegetable oil refining is used, which successfully captures all toxins, which can then be removed with charcoal.
3. Second distillation. After the final cutting off the so-called. Thermal cleaning is often used for heads and tails. The raw material is brought to a temperature of 70-73 degrees, at which the fusel oils begin to evaporate. The disadvantage of this method is a small loss of fortress.
4. The final stage. The final clarification of the finished product is also called clarification and is used in the production of wine. Often white clay, milk, egg whites are used for this process.

Freezing

The simplest old method of neutralizing toxins is based on the use of the temperature difference at which the state of aggregation of the substances contained in the raw material changes. Well suited for preliminary and final cleaning of the product. The essence of the method is that with strong cooling of the moonshine, alcohol will remain in a liquid state, and water will freeze on the walls of the container, capturing some of the toxic substances. Here's how to remove the fusel oil odor from moonshine:

1. Pour the product into a glass container, cover with a layer of cheesecloth on top.
2. Refrigerate to low temperature. Keep the jar cold for 3-4 hours. Let the water freeze completely and form a layer of ice on the walls of the container.
3. If desired, repeat the process 1-2 times, first diluting the product slightly with distilled water.

Activated carbon

Purification of moonshine and improvement of its taste is effectively carried out with the help of a natural natural absorbent - activated carbon. This substance perfectly absorbs toxins, easily captures aldehydes and essential oils. This method of detoxification can be carried out at all stages of distillation and preparation of moonshine without loss of effectiveness. Remember that after absorbing harmful impurities, coal, after a short time (3-4 hours), begins to actively give them back, again saturating the pervak \u200b\u200bwith fusel oils. Cleaning steps:

1. Take activated charcoal tablets (3-4 g / liter) or plain charcoal for the barbecue. Crush them into a fine powder.
2. Pour into a container with moonshine, stir thoroughly.
3. Let it brew for 2-3 hours.
4. Filter the charcoal through cotton wool or folded gauze.
5. Alternatively, you can use charcoal water filters. Just run the moonshine through them 2-3 times.

Potassium permanganate

A very popular method for purifying moonshine is to use potassium permanganate in the form of crystals or a medical solution. Remember the safety precautions: crystalline potassium permanganate is a very caustic substance that can cause severe chemical burns on the skin. The essence of the method is that potassium permanganate, being a strong oxidizing agent, reacts with aldehydes and essential oils.

Potassium permanganate dissolves in moonshine and causes the precipitation of a solid precipitate from the reacted fusel, which is elementarily removed by filtration through cheesecloth. Remember that this method is only suitable for moonshine that has not undergone final cleaning. During the last distillation, the potassium permanganate will go to the sump. The detoxification process is carried out as follows:

1. Add crystals or a solution of potassium permanganate to the moonshine before the final distillation at the rate of 2-3 grams of active ingredient per liter.
2. Let the alcohol sit, stirring every hour.
3. Remove solid deposits with cotton wool or cheesecloth.

Egg white

Organic substances easily enter into chemical reactions with each other. Likewise, egg white reacts well with many toxins that are contained in unrefined moonshine. It copes especially well with the elimination of aldehydes, which have a detrimental effect on the human liver. This method is used strictly until the final distillation of the drink. You need to carry out the process as follows:

1. Beat raw chicken eggs (1pc / 5 liters), separate the whites from the yolks.
2. Whisk the egg whites thoroughly.
3. Add to alcoholic raw materials, stir thoroughly several times until medium-sized white flakes fall out.
4. Repeat the process 1-2 times for best results.
5. Filter the precipitate through cotton wool or cheesecloth.

Dairy products

Like egg white, dairy products contain substances that can react with fusel oils to form a solid precipitate. For this method, simple and dry milk, kefir, fermented baked milk are suitable. This cleaning method should be used prior to the final distillation of the distillate to avoid unnecessary side odors. Here's how to detoxify with milk powder:

1. Dilute milk powder with water (7 g / liter) and stir to avoid lumps.
2. Pour the liquid into a container with moonshine, mix.
3. The process of such cleaning is the longest: leave the container to settle for a week.
4. Filter the resulting precipitate through cheesecloth.

Soda

Plain baking soda also reacts well with fusel oils, precipitating. This purification technology is used before the second distillation of the beverage. To detoxify with baking soda, stir in the moonshine at a concentration of 10 g / liter. Leave the resulting solution to settle for 8-10 hours. Filter the precipitate through a layer of gauze, cotton pads or a charcoal water filter.

Hibiscus

You can clean the mash before the initial stage of distillation with the help of hibiscus tea or violet root. The method works due to the presence of acids in the composition of these plant components, which bind fusel oils, forcing them to precipitate as a solid sediment to the bottom of the container. Here's how the clarification is done:

1. Pour dry hibiscus petals (hibiscus tea) or violet root (2 tablespoons / liter) with water.
2. Bring liquid to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly.
3. Remove the flowers, pour the broth into the mash.
4. Leave the mixture to stand for a day. Then you can start distillation.

Bentonite

Clarification of the drink with white clay is a well-known folk method for a long time. Before you use it to clean the moonshine from fusel oils, figure out where to get bentonite from. A great option is to buy a special powder designed to lighten alcohol. An alternative is cat litter containing bentonite or building clay. Do not use natural clay unnecessarily: it is not known what its own impurities it contains. Cleaning is done as follows:

1. Grind the mineral to a powder.
2. Add 1 teaspoon of clay to 5 liters of mash, stir.
3. Wait for the bentonite to swell and precipitate.
4. Filter the drink through cheesecloth.

Refined oil

Braga can be easily cleaned with a simple commercial vegetable oil. This is because alcohol and water do not mix with it, in contrast to the fuselage. To lighten a drink according to this recipe, add an arbitrary amount of refined oil to it and seal tightly with a lid. Then shake the container vigorously 8-10 times at intervals of 5-10 minutes so that the oil drops capture the fuselage.

Tannins

This purification is used in the production of cognac. When it is infused in oak barrels, a special natural tannin substance, tannin, which contains wood, captures and binds toxin molecules, thereby neutralizing the drink. You can lighten alcohol in this way at home as follows:

1. Collect oak bark, shave small chips from it (5-8 g / liter).
2. Boil it over high heat for 5-10 minutes to disinfect.
3. Add shavings to the mash and leave to settle for 1-2 weeks, tightly corking the container with a lid. For the drink to acquire a beige color and woody taste, leave it to infuse for another 2-3 months.
4. Open the container, remove the bark.

How to clean the mash

Before starting the distillation process, it is better to pre-clean the prepared mash from fusel oils in order to make it easier for yourself in advance during distillation. All methods of clarifying the fermented mixture also provide for the forced termination of the yeast vital activity. Before starting cleaning, be sure to degass the mash by stirring it thoroughly. This will remove excess carbon dioxide and finally stop fermentation. For clarification before distillation, the following substances and components are used:

• bentonite;
• hibiscus flowers;
• filka root;
• gelatin;
• dairy products;
• egg whites.

Moonshine still with fusel oil removal

To make moonshine at home, typical moonshine stills are used, equipped with all the necessary components for distillation, distillation and purification of the drink. The device has the following device:

1. Distillation cube Here the wash is heated, divided into fractions. Volatile evaporated components pass further, impurities remain.
2. Sukhoparnik. The element, also called a sump, is intended for the intermediate purification of alcohol vapors from fuselage. It catches some of the heavy compounds, which are drained into a special container.
3. Fridge. Here, alcohol vapors condense due to the lowered temperature and enter the distillate container.

Distillation

During cyclic distillation of alcohol, liquids are formed that have received the following names: head, body, tail. They differ greatly in composition, which is explained by the difference in the degree of their purification. The most harmful and toxic part is the so-called. head of moonshine. With its high concentration, the drink strongly intoxicates, has a detrimental effect on the body, and provides a strong hangover. Find out how these three factions differ.

1. Head. The most toxic part, also called "pervak". The product obtained after the first distillation. Contains the largest amount of fusel oils.
2. Body. Raw alcohol, the main part of the drink, containing ethyl alcohol.
3. Tail. Waste that is collected by the greenhouse. Contains aldehydes, essential oils.

Filtration

To obtain a quality drink, it should be cleaned of impurities left after distillation, intermediate detoxification. The last cleaning of moonshine is called clarification. Bentonite, egg white and activated carbon are better suited for its implementation: they have the least effect on the organoleptic qualities of the final product.

Infusion

This process is used to obtain aromatic infusions with a pronounced taste and smell. What flavoring qualities the final product will receive depends on what it was insisted on. For this process, fruits, juicy berries, vegetables, aromatic and simple medicinal herbs are often used. The infusion time may differ for different products used. So, the German Jägermeister liqueur is aged for up to 12 months, and the cherry liqueur can be prepared in a few weeks.

How to identify fusel oils in moonshine

The presence of these toxins in a drink is very easily determined by its organoleptic characteristics. Pure moonshine, containing a large amount of toxins, has a slightly viscous consistency, a whitish tint. Sivukha is easy to distinguish from a quality drink by the sharp unpleasant smell of acetone and aldehydes (the latter are close in smell to medical formaldehyde). Remember that the use of the so-called. pervaka has a negative effect on the kidneys, liver, and can cause serious poisoning.

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How to clean moonshine from fusel oils and odor

Moonshine is one of the favorite drinks of village (and not only) residents. Almost every village has long kept the secrets of making this strong intoxicating drink, passed from generation to generation "zest" invented by ancestors and time-tested. Among them, for example, is such a secret: how to cleanse moonshine from fusel oils. This is what concerns the criterion of the benefits and harms of the "first" for human health. But first, let's talk about how to remove the smell from moonshine.

Unpleasant "on the nose"

It should be noted that almost any neophyte of the moonshine business is faced with the problem of an unpleasant smell, even thoroughly, with the soul of a kicked out drink. It is caused by fusel oils formed during primary distillation. You can't get away from this and it's not worth it, believe me, to get very upset because of this! After all, our craftsmen have long come up with several simple and quite effective methods to help clean the moonshine at home. We will consider only the most popular, but in fact there is a great variety of them, for every taste, as they say.

How to clean moonshine with potassium permanganate?

To implement this method, we take three liters of a ready-made, just expelled drink (but, as already indicated, with an unpleasant smell). Add up to three grams of manganese powder (sold in pharmacies) to the moonshine. We are waiting for the precipitate to fall. This usually happens quickly enough. To speed up the process, close the jar of moonshine with a lid and shake it several times. You can also put the dishes themselves with a cloudy liquid - not yet purified - in a water bath with a low temperature (fifteen minutes will be enough). After all the procedures, we filter the moonshine through cheesecloth. We pour it into bottles. Consume in moderation!

How to clean homemade moonshine with soda?

This is another popular method. Because it's simple and cheap! So, for one liter of drink, add ten grams of regular soda (sold in any grocery store), mix, insist for half an hour. After that, mix again and already insist in a dark place for ten to twelve hours. Our cloudy substance has exfoliated during this time. Now carefully merge the top layer. We also carefully remove the sediment formed at the bottom of the dishes. We bottle the middle part and drink. I must say that soda will perfectly remove the fusel oils themselves, which cause unpleasant odors.

Violet root

Used for cleansing mainly in the countryside where this flower grows. But the fact is that the medicinal root can now be purchased in any phyto-pharmacy, so this process is significantly accelerated. So, we take one hundred grams of chopped violet root into three liters of unrefined moonshine and insist in a dark, warm place for twelve days. We filter. The drink is ready!

Freezing

This method is traditionally simple and fairly cheap because it only requires a refrigerator (rather, the freezer of this household kitchen appliance). We take metal dishes (good quality, no impurities) or glass containers. We pour our moonshine there and put it in the freezer. The effect is simple: water, along with harmful impurities, will freeze to the edges of the dishes, but the moonshine itself will not. After the water is completely frozen, the moonshine just needs to be poured into another container. By the way, in some villages, historically, quite large batches of moonshine were purified this way all year round, using specially designed underground glaciers, where ice or snow remained until late autumn.

Charcoal filter

How to cleanse moonshine from fusel oils using charcoal obtained from birch? To do this, grind the main ingredient into powder. We wrap the coal in several layers of gauze and pass the moonshine through this filter. And we warn you: activated pharmacy charcoal in tablets is not suitable for high-quality cleansing. It is made from animal bones, and it can only absorb large molecules of harmful oils, not completely purifying the product, leaving an unpleasant odor in it.

Double distillation technology

Repeated distillation of the first liquor significantly purifies the drink, significantly improving both the quality and taste. This "clean as morning dew" product is popularly called "double". It is especially appreciated, as it is much more useful in its qualities than "single". However, it will take a little more time to prepare it, but the result is a pure crystal distillate without foreign odors and impurities. By the way, almost any moonshine can be distilled for the second time, even regardless of the raw materials and the age of its production. Note that it is possible to "ennoble" in this way a drink that has been expelled a long time ago. First, the moonshine must be diluted to about thirty-five degrees (measured with an alcohol meter) with plain clean cool water. If you try to distill a stronger substance, then this may end with the ignition of the moonshine itself due to the high concentration of alcohol vapors. Moreover, strong moonshine has a strong enough molecular bond with fusel oils. As a result, double distillation will not give the desired result.

Secret: it is very important to pour water into moonshine, and not, on the contrary, moonshine into water. The resulting liquid will not become cloudy. Before the actual distillation, the source must be cleaned. You can choose any of the methods listed above in the article. For example, cleaning with manganese solution, soda or charcoal. After cleaning, strain the resulting liquid through a filter made of cotton wool and gauze. The secondary distillation itself is virtually indistinguishable from the original distillation. However, it is important to separate the fractions of the resulting moonshine at the exit. "Heads", the first ten percent of the distillate, must not be drunk! They are also identified by an unpleasant, fetid odor. The next part, about eighty percent, is the "body." It is harvested until the fortress drops to forty-five degrees. The remaining fraction is “tails”. It is also not recommended to drink it, but it can be used to add to the next wash in order to increase the degree. The resulting moonshine with a strength of up to seventy degrees no longer needs additional cleaning. It remains only to dilute it to 40-45 degrees in a consistency favorable for drinking the drink.

Milk cleaning method

People often ask: "How to cleanse moonshine from fusel oils with milk?" There are two ways, and if you use them correctly, you can get a drink of special purity!

First: we add milk directly to the wash until it is distilled. So, you need to mix five liters of mash and one liter of milk. Start distillation. Drive out slowly, with a special passion. During the first distillation, a cloudy precipitate is sometimes observed. Then the drink is distilled again.

Second: how to clean moonshine with milk? A glass of milk is added to one liter of ready-made moonshine. It collapses and absorbs various harmful elements. After the milk has curdled, the drink is filtered and additionally filtered with charcoal (fifty grams per liter of liquid). The process takes place within one week. Sometimes - once every two to three days - the mixture must be shaken. At the end of the period, the liquid begins to brighten, and a coal sediment falls to the bottom. It is sucked off with a tube. The rest is filtered. It is also recommended to carry out additional cleaning with bread (preferably black rye or grain), after which the moonshine acquires a very pleasant bread aroma. Now you know many ways to cleanse moonshine from fusel oils.

It is important to know

What does moonshine actually consist of? In addition to water and ethyl alcohol, it contains a variety of impurities, which, in the production of, for example, good vodka are removed from it by various industrial methods. And in the manufacture of whiskey, cognac, tequila, on the contrary, they are cultivated to give the drink originality, style, sound. For this, there are industrial methods of artificially interrupting the purification process.

But in fact, these same impurities also form the hangover syndrome in a person who has slightly "gone over". Tequila, for example, contains high molecular weight alcohols that are part of these impurities (up to two hundred), which form fusel oils. When drinking, they heavily load the liver, which, as it were, is "distracted" by additional information, which prolongs the intoxication and aggravates the hangover at times. So those who have at least minor liver problems are not recommended to drink unrefined drinks, including moonshine.

Making homemade good quality moonshine is a very responsible and difficult process. In addition to making mash and distilling it, it is important to have skills in additionally processing alcohol. There are many ways todaycleaning moonshine from fusel oils at home... This process allows you to get rid of the drink from harmful impurities, unpleasant smell and taste. This solution allows you to get better quality moonshine and avoid pickling.

The process of removing harmful impurities and fusel oils is a mandatory and integral process for making high quality moonshine. Most of the methods involve the separation of harmful components in the interval between distillations, that is, in the future, the purified moonshine is re-distilled.

For the best result, professionals advise, dilute the drink to a strength of no more than 40 degrees, and in some cases up to 20 degrees of strength. This is due to the fact that fusel oils in this concentration are separated much easier and more efficiently. It is better to stand for 2 days before cleaning and cool to a temperature of 15-18 degrees.

Each method presented below for cleaning moonshine works to varying degrees of effectiveness. Therefore, for greater effect and better result, it is worth approaching the issue in a comprehensive manner and applying several options at once. Good quality moonshine should be crystal clear, if the drink remains cloudy, then harmful components are still present in it.

Purification of moonshine from fusel oils at home

Craftsmen have come up with many options to cleanse alcohol from fusel oils and harmful impurities. Each of them provides for the use of one or another sorbent.

Pasteurized milk

The most common and frequently used cleaning method. Milk allows you to remove unpleasant odors and make the taste of the drink more noble. The main difference of this sorbent is that its use does not require repeated distillation, since no third-party products of the interaction of milk and alcohol are formed.

The cleaning process is as follows.

• Pour milk into alcohol. You need to use only pasteurized raw materials, otherwise the moonshine becomes cloudy. For 10 liters of alcohol, 100 ml of milk is enough.
• Stir the mixture and close the lid.
• Place the container with alcohol for a week in a dark, cool place and shake it daily.
• Drain off the sediment and filter through cotton wool or a clean flannel cloth. You can add additional sorbent in the form of crushed coal.

The result is pure moonshine ready for use.

Egg white

Chicken egg white contains components that have a unique ability to absorb excess substances and bind fusel oils. As a result, the harmful components fall out as a residue, and the filtered alcohol is obtained pure.

• Separate the yolks from the whites at the rate of 2 eggs per liter of beverage.
• Mix eggs with a little warm water or milk, beat with a mixer.
• Pour into alcohol and leave in a cool, dark place for a week.
• Twice a day you need to shake up the purifying alcohol in order to separate the fusel oils as much as possible.
• Filter the drink through cotton wool several times.

Moonshine can be drunk immediately, but for greater effect it is better to repeat the distillation, separating fractions.

Activated or charcoal

The fastest way - use coal. In this case, there are two options for organizing the process. You can set up filtration immediately during the distillation process. To do this, the moonshine dripping from the tap is directed into the container through a funnel, in the base of which a cotton disc is inserted, on which the coal is located. Cotton wool is also laid on top. The alcohol is cleared immediately.

The second option involves adding coal directly to the can of moonshine. After the liquid has settled (within 1-2 weeks), it must be filtered. Re-distillation required.

Potassium permanganate

Another way to cleanse a strong drink of excess impurities. To achieve the desired effect, it is required to dilute 1 g of potassium permanganate in 100 ml of water for each liter of alcohol. The liquids must be combined and left for 12 hours. After the specified time, you need to filter the composition through a few layers of gauze. In this case, re-distillation is required.

Freezing fusel oils

Everyone knows that when freezing, water first freezes up, and alcohol freezes at lower temperatures. This feature allows you to rid alcohol of harmful impurities. Fusel oils freeze together with water and in time the strong part of the liquid can be drained out of it. It is better to drain the alcohol several times. It should be remembered that the degree of the drink rises.

Baking soda

To clear moonshine from fusel oils at home soda will help, this product is available and is in almost every home. For every liter of alcohol, 10 grams of baking soda is required. For a complete cleaning, it is necessary to allow the moonshine to settle for at least 12 hours. We filter the liquid as standard and send it for re-distillation.

Vegetable oil

An original approach to purifying moonshine. The oil must be refined and odorless, otherwise the third-party aroma will fix in the moonshine. The essence of the effect of this component is that fusel oils merge with vegetable oils, and water and alcohol are exfoliated from it.

For every liter of strong drink, you need 20 grams of oil. It is important to mix the ingredients thoroughly; it is necessary to mix the components 3-5 times with an interval of 5 minutes. Then let stand for 12 hours. Then carefully drain the alcohol through a straw without disturbing the oil film.

Water filter

The easiest way to clean moonshine is with a regular water filter. The filtering process must be performed twice, using a new filter each time.

Rye bread

In the not too distant past, fresh rye bread was considered the ideal way to purify spirits. But upon closer examination, it turned out that this approach implies a combined cleaning. First, moonshine is peeled with an egg or milk, and then 100 grams of bread are crumbled for each liter of drink. Then the container is placed in a dark cool place to settle for 3 days. Then the liquid is filtered, if necessary, you can repeat the process to get rid of the yellowish tint.

Fruit and vegetable mix

Remove impurities andto clear moonshine from fusel oils at home fruit will help. In addition, this approach allows you to add fruity notes to the drink. Fruit peeling can be used as an intermediate option between two distillations, as well as for final peeling before use.

Usually, one carrot and an apple are added to 3 liters of moonshine. They are cleaned, cut into large pieces, and a center with seeds is cut out. The drink settles for no more than 3 days, until the fibers begin to separate from the contents, then filtration and distillation or consumption.

Among the options presented, it is easy to choose the right one. But let us remind once again that the combined approach to cleaning gives the greatest result and then the result will be the purest one.

Making homemade alcohol in itself is a rather time-consuming process. The mash alone costs at least 3-4 days. And even if you happen to (we recommend choosing an apparatus with a distillation column of the brand) with good performance, the distillation of the mash, and then the raw alcohol, still takes several hours.

Sometimes it happens that flaws were made during the distillation of the mash. Cloudy moonshine is always annoying, and most importantly, it again takes time to clean it. But over the years of practice, craftsmen have found ways to quickly clear moonshine from fusel oils and odor.

Most often, such cleaning is required by beginners, since they have not yet debugged all the mechanisms for observing the distillation technology. However, if you correctly approach the question “”, then you can purchase a distiller that is most convenient and easy to use.

We recommend quick cleaning of moonshine only if a second distillation is planned. After all, it is the re-distillation that is the key to a high-quality drink that is as safe as possible (in terms of impurities) for health. Even craftsmen, who happen to have a jewelry calculation, most often distill moonshine twice. Thus, in almost 100% of cases, a quick method of purifying moonshine is necessary after the first distillation to simplify the purification in the second distillation.

So, 4 methods for quickly cleaning moonshine:

1. You can quickly clear moonshine with regular baking soda. It will take 10 grams per liter of distillate and about 12 hours of time. Soda is poured into the moonshine, the container is shaken well and left for half an hour. Then shake the container again and leave for 10 hours (ideally overnight). However, baking soda binds a small amount of "fusel oils" and neutralizes acids. This eliminates some of the turbidity and unpleasant odor. After the formation of a precipitate, the pure distillate is carefully drained from it. For better purification, the distillate should be re-distilled.

2. Potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) is a powerful oxidizing agent. It removes harmful aldehydes from the drink. Potassium permanganate powder is taken at the rate of 1 gram per liter of distillate. The container is shaken well and placed in a water bath at a temperature of 50-70 ° C for 15 minutes. After the precipitate has formed, the distillate is allowed to settle a little, and then it is carefully poured off the precipitate. It is best to use potassium permanganate in combination with soda and alkali, and re-distill the purified distillate.

3. How else to clean moonshine quickly at home without special means? Everyone in the house has a refrigerator, and there is a freezer in it. The freezing method is one of the most ancient. The distillate is poured into a glass or iron container, and put in the freezer overnight. Water, together with harmful impurities, freezes near the walls of the container, and the purified ethanol solution remains in the center. If the dregs and odor persist, repeat the procedure. The main thing is not to take a container with a narrow neck for these purposes.

4. The most efficient and fastest method is coal cleaning, where moonshine is passed through a coal column. However, this requires a special activated charcoal or coconut charcoal as well as a column. But this method allows for reliable cleaning at a speed of up to 2 liters per minute.

You can talk a lot about, however, over the years of practice, dubious methods have long outlived themselves. And if some methods may not seem “environmentally friendly” enough (for example, the use of potassium permanganate), then their harm is still much lower than the harm caused by excess impurities in the distillate. However, nowadays you can completely freely find a distiller that will allow you to get a clean and drinkable drink after the first distillation. meeting modern quality and safety requirements? It is best to do this directly from the manufacturer after studying the market.

To maximize the purification of moonshine from fusel oils, you need to choose the most suitable method. Each technique is quite simple and is produced using substances that are found in every home. Purification of moonshine removes unpleasant smell and taste, imparting special softness to alcohol. You can get rid of an unpleasant taste using different methods. However, not all methods are harmless and help to drive out pleasant, high-quality alcohol. How to properly clean moonshine is of interest to many manufacturers of this folk drink.

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Moonshine has been widespread for a long time. The methods of making homemade alcohol are passed down from generation to generation. Moonshine recipes are countless. Different products are used for its preparation, therefore, moonshine of different quality is produced. This factor also depends on the fusel oils that are present in the liquid after the distillation of the mash.

Bad smell and taste are not the only drawbacks of moonshine. Fusel oils are dangerous for human health. They can lead to poisoning of the body. These toxic substances are created during the fermentation of the mash. Most of the fusel oils remain in it during distillation. But even an insignificant fraction of them, which has passed into home vodka along with alcohol fumes, poses a serious danger.

Fusel oils in moonshine

To reduce the content of poisonous oils and drive out high-quality alcohol, you need:

• make a bookmark for mash from proven ingredients: sugar, wheat, barley;
• ensure the correct fermentation regime;
• during distillation, adhere to the optimum heating temperature.

Fusel oils are viscous side substances in alcohol with an unpleasant odor, formed during the production of alcohol from starch, sugar and fruit components during the fermentation process. With strong boiling of the mash, the amount of evaporated fusel oils increases, which are then condensed in the cooling tube along with alcohol. Therefore, keep an eye on the heating temperature of the mash in the apparatus. It should not exceed 90 C.

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Among the available products used to clean home moonshine, the most popular are:

• potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate);
• baking soda;
• activated carbon;
• charcoal;
• milk;
• poultry eggs.

Cleaning moonshine with eggs

They are added to the produced moonshine to bind and separate harmful components from alcohol. After the formation of a precipitate, the homemade vodka is filtered. How to clean moonshine using these products?

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The technology for purifying moonshine using potassium permanganate is simple. It is diluted in distilled alcohol at the rate of 1 g per 1 liter. Stir well so that all crystals dissolve completely and leave for a day to settle. Complete clarification of the liquid and a precipitate in the form of flakes at the bottom of the can will signal the end of the process. It remains to strain the alcohol through cheesecloth folded in several layers. To improve the filtration process, you can put activated carbon powder on the fabric.

Moonshine purification technology using potassium permanganate

Use only the specified proportion, a large amount of potassium permanganate can negatively affect the body and also cause poisoning.

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To cleanse the moonshine of harmful substances and not harm the body, you can use regular soda. It is widely used in baking and for other household purposes in every home. To neutralize acetic acid, which is in the moonshine, it is introduced in an amount of 1 g per 1 liter.

Alcohol purification soda

Keep in mind that the amount of baking soda in a flat teaspoon is 12g. Use these parameters in your calculations when you determine how much of it will need to be added to the moonshine. The action of soda lasts at least 10 minutes, after which it is necessary to filter the alcohol neutralized by it.

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These drugs are different in composition, but are similar in their absorbent properties. They are substances to which fusel oils and other poisons in moonshine "stick". They are used in different ways:

1. Put any charcoal to filter the condensed alcohol into a watering can on cotton wool when distilling the mash.
2. At the rate of 50 g per 1 liter, activated carbon powder is poured into a jar with homemade alcohol and left for a month. A mixture of coal and moonshine is thoroughly shaken every day. After a month, the mixture must be filtered through several layers of gauze.
3. Filtration is also carried out using charcoal, but the process of binding fusel oils in moonshine is accelerated from 30 to 3 days. Therefore, 3 days after filtration, the house spirit will be ready to drink.

Filtration with charcoal

Purification of moonshine using different types of coal chips is of the highest quality. This technique can be used at the final stage in combination with other options for getting rid of alcohol from fusel oils. This guarantees the preparation of the purest possible drink when brewing at home.

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It is very effective to cleanse moonshine with milk. The content of casein and albumin in it determines the removal of harmful components in homemade vodka when they are chemically combined. The use of this product makes it possible to prepare high-quality self-made alcohol. Here are some milk cleaning methods:

1. Purification of milk mash during the distillation process. This technique is used to precipitate harmful substances and condense pure alcohol vapors without fusel oils. Use the ratio: 1 liter of milk to 5 liters of mash. The prepared alcohol is distilled several times to a transparent state. The effect will increase when using activated carbon on cotton wool in a kitchen watering can, where moonshine is dripping.
2. If you need to purify already distilled alcohol from ordinary mash, use the following proportion for this: 2 liters of milk per 10 liters of moonshine. Within a week, the created mixture must be stirred and stored in a dark place. Milk protein curdles when combined with fusel oils and settles to the bottom. The procedure for removing harmful impurities from alcohol is completed by filtration through several layers of gauze. Then the filtered moonshine must be distilled again.

Purification of distilled alcohol with milk

Use only skimmed milk so as not to get an unpleasant taste and cloudy moonshine.

Cleansing with milk is a safe and effective method that is notable for its simplicity and affordability. After preparing pure alcohol by this method, you will be pleasantly surprised by the softness of the moonshine when consumed.

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The principle of operation of egg white for the removal of poisons is similar to the milk method. In the process of coagulation, toxic impurities in an alcohol solution are bound by protein components and settle to the bottom. To remove harmful particles from 1 liter of moonshine, you need to use 2 eggs. Pre-whisk the whites a little until smooth and then pour into a container with homemade vodka. When all the sediment sinks to the bottom, you will need to filter the alcohol with gauze. In the cleaned moonshine, in no case should there be flakes with harmful particles. Pay attention to the freshness of the eggs. If they don't sink in water, they shouldn't be eaten or used to clean up alcohol. Such eggs can poison humans.

How egg white works to remove poisons

Manufacturers of homemade moonshine often believe that alcohol made with their own hands cannot harm the body. However, do not forget to clean it after distilling the mash. It contains poisons. It is imperative to use the above methods of purifying this drink in order to protect yourself from poisoning. Only then will you be able to calmly display a decanter of homemade vodka for yourself and your guests, without fear of unpleasant sensations during the holiday and the next day. You just have to choose the way how to clean the moonshine. Take care of yourself!

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