Flavor-stripping warning retained. PDF142 no downside from extended contact conflicts with134;135 oven regeneration of alcohol-loaded carbon is not an approved procedure.
The passage considers filtration after distillation rather than treating purification as automatically beneficial.
Carbon treatment is described as capable of reducing unwanted compounds, but Hyde also cautions that it can strip aroma and flavor congeners that contribute to spirit character.
PDF sheet 134
PDF sheet 134
Carbon Polishing
Fresh complete supplied-copy audit: 382 sheets read, all surveyed and135 detailed visual pages inspected. Flavor-stripping warning retained. PDF142 no downside from extended contact conflicts with134;135 oven regeneration of alcohol-loaded carbon is not an approved procedure.
Verified evidence record from Aaron Hyde's How to Distill.
Captured evidence
Carbon treatment is described as capable of reducing unwanted compounds, but Hyde also cautions that it can strip aroma and flavor congeners that contribute to spirit character.
Locator
- Local PDF: PDF sheet 134
- Source section: Carbon Polishing
- Locator convention: PDF-sheet number, used because the 382-sheet fixed-layout file does not match the edition's 224-page bibliographic pagination
Context
The passage considers filtration after distillation rather than treating purification as automatically beneficial.
Research annotation
Reinforces the selective-purification principle and should be balanced against product-style and regulatory context.