In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:


> There is an inline filter, then the water goes into a sealed container with a
> heat element and vapour goes through a cooling tube with fins and a fan. It is
> distilled. The distilled water then goes into a basket with the activated
> charcoal. Beats me why, but it does.


The legal definition of vodka in the US is that it has to go through an
eight hour filtration through charcoal *after* distillation. The
distillation process removes all the solids, but anything that vaporizes
will come across along with whatever you are distillation.

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Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA