Pure Distilling Spirit Maker Complete Instructions page 14

The spirit is now ready to be filtered, we have included the instructions for the Pure Distilling
Filter System here, but any filter system can be used. The activated carbon filter cartridge will
attract and trap chlorine and volatile organic compounds like acetone, benzene, ethylene
glycol, formaldehyde, methylene chloride, perchloroethylene, toluene and xylene. These
volatile organic compounds are present in very small quantities in the tails of the distillation
run.
For those that collected in the smart filter system and have diluted the spirit, lift the Smart
Filter stainless steel stick plug and the filtering process will start, it should take between 6 and
8 hours to filter 10 litres of spirit.
Setting up
1. Rinse the Pure Distilling Filter Cartridge under running water to remove any loose
particles.
2. Soak the carbon cartridge in diluted spirit or in water until no bubbles can be seen
coming from the filter cartridge, will take approx. 20 minutes.
3. Assemble the spindle retaining fitting in the Smart Filter top bucket which has a 12mm
drilled hole in the base. The thumb screw fits through the bucket base and the nut is
tightened to ensure no leaks.
4. The Smart Filter stainless steel stick plug fits into the thumbscrew and acts as a plug,
stopping any flow.
5. The Smart Filter Stainless steel spindle screws into the base of the fitting allowing easy
replacement of Pure Distilling Filter Cartridges. It is assembled as per below:
a. The silicon o-ring with the small hole is at the base of the spindle.
b. Then the Pure Distilling filter cartridge slides over the spindle.
Filter the Spirit