Distilled Water

[croatan]

Originally Posted by SeanGar

My favorite distilled water is from Chateau La Tour de Morans 1961.

Obviously, you have not had the great pleasure of trying the 1945. Some of the best first growth distilled eau ever produced.

[SlimDiesel]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

No but I do have several pots to pee in. Klugs Distilled.... $ 2.00 a gallon you to can now get accelerated aged taste in only 2 weeks.

How bout you offer some free samples? I'd like to see what I'm getting for more than twice the price for my reliable Distilled Water.

[kvm]

So I gather from reading this thread that the quality of the distilled water is critical, which probably means I shouldn't be substituting vodka when I run out of water Although I do find that vodka seems to give my smokes a little extra zing without affecting the taste

[galaga]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

I've put up with this type of post for the last time. Sorry this may sound harsh ... but you obviously don't know your distilled water from your tetrahydrofuran.

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My favorite distilled water is from Chateau La Tour de Morans 1961. I prefer the water in magnums rather than 75 cl bottles as I feel it has aged better. GLASS .... GLASS DANG IT ... no frickin plastic. I don't know how many shares in Giant Eagle stores you have, but this biased review of yours should be grounds for your receiving a 30 day suspension.

To drink inferior water or to use the swill available at your ... your ... Eagle store is simply preposterous.

I can see the obvious effects of using platic storage devices by Mr Da Klug's rounded, and slightly shiny head in his Avatar. I can see the obvious effects that have befallen you, Dr. Gar, from not using water that had been UV treated. It seems that some extraneous DNA has slipped into your cigars and caused a transformation based upon the dark gray and seal-like torso that you have developed. I warn you guys to stay away from this duo, and their stogies, as they have obviously suffered ill effects from using bad water in "Dr Gar's NC2ISOM Agerator"

[RPB67]

Distilled explained by Dave !

HHHMM !!! OK.

Water here,Water there, Water everywhere. Just dont drink any that is yellow !

[ToddziLLa]

Great review as always Dave! Now that I think about it, I am running low on my distilled. Anybody want to go in on a split with me?

[Puffy69]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

No but I do have several pots to pee in. Klugs Distilled.... $ 2.00 a gallon you to can now get accelerated aged taste in only 2 weeks.

[IHT]

so good, it almost deserves a sticky

[Puffy69]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

I've put up with this type of post for the last time. Sorry this may sound harsh ... but you obviously don't know your distilled water from your tetrahydrofuran.

It is simply ridiculous to think that you can buy QUALITY distilled water at your local Giant Eagle store. That stuff is stored no doubt in POLYETHYLENE. Thats the first cousin of a polyester leisure suit. Even polyethyleneterephthalate has so many obvious similarities to the monstrosity worn by Travolta in Saturday Night Fever that it sends convulsive shudders up my spine to even think of allowing pure, distilled water to touch its surface.

Oh sure, you can buy odorless and tasteless plonk there and hope that you don't go blind drinking it .... or that your cigars shrivel up and move to Miami when humidified by this inferior libation .... but if you REALLY want to take care of your thirst and your cigars, you'll heed my advice, young man.

Water should be hand distilled and carefully dionized using OSHA approved resins. A flow path surface area of at minumum 300,000 cm2/m is A MUST. I don't know how many times amatures of water purification make this critical mistake. AND FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T IGNORE THE ACTIVE CARBON FILTRATION. A final active carbon polishing truly brings out the velvety texture of a fine H2O.

My favorite distilled water is from Chateau La Tour de Morans 1961. I prefer the water in magnums rather than 75 cl bottles as I feel it has aged better. GLASS .... GLASS DANG IT ... no frickin plastic. I don't know how many shares in Giant Eagle stores you have, but this biased review of yours should be grounds for your receiving a 30 day suspension.

To drink inferior water or to use the swill available at your ... your ... Eagle store is simply preposterous.

[SDmate]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

No but I do have several pots to pee in. Klugs Distilled.... $ 2.00 a gallon you to can now get accelerated aged taste in only 2 weeks.

So Klugs' secret is out... now we all know how he ages his Cremosas

[HKGuns]

This is outrageous. A Water Dept. employee "selling" distilled water for use in a humidor. Nothing like keeping your conflict of interest out of your review pal.

This may be acceptable on other forums. I thought this place was above this sort of thing.

[opus]

Distilled water? I think not.http://www.mercola.com/2002/may/8/distilled_water.htm#

[Bluenote]

I have one bottle of Italian 1926 left....

Please PM for details and buyer pays the shipping!

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by HKGuns

This is outrageous. A Water Dept. employee "selling" distilled water for use in a humidor. Nothing like keeping your conflict of interest out of your review pal.

Ya busted me.

It's the only work I could get. A you can see I have no hands. Every 15 minutes they give me another cup to sample. Fortunately I'm hydrationally challenged so it works out for everyone.

[SuperT]

Water Distillation Principles

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Every element can exist in three states: as a liquid, as a solid and as a vapor, which mostly depend on it's temperature. This applies to water, too. So, water can be found as ice, water and steam. If water is cooled down below 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit), it becomes ice, and if heated above 100 degrees Celsius (212 Fahrenheit), it becomes steam. The temperature, at which a substance changes it state from liquid to vapor is called a boiling point, and it is different for different substances. This difference can be used to separate substances, and as such can be used for water purification.

The process is relatively simple:
a) the dirty water is heated
b) to the boiling point and thus vaporizes
c) (becomes steam), while other substances remain in solid state, in boiler. Steam is then directed into a cooler
d) where it cools down and returns to liquid water
e) and the end result is a water, purified of additional substances found in it before distillation.



Distillation is an effective process and, what's more important, it can be done with a lot of improvisation. You can heat water with whatever is at hand: fire, electricity, or whatever. You can use almost anything that holds water for a boiler, as long as you can direct the steam into a cooler. A cooler can be a long piece of copper tubing bent into a spiral. All you need is something that will just cool the steam down. In a worst case scenario, you can distill water with an ordinary household pot and two pot lids. Boil water in a pot covered with the first lid. After a while, you'll see that the water in the pot vaporizes, and condenses on the lid (this is distilled water). Now replace the lid with the second lid, and turn the first one vertically, so that all condensed water collects at one point, and then pour it into a cup. Meanwhile, more distilled water condenses on the second pot lid, so just repeat the above steps again... until you have a full cup.

Distillation will remove from water almost anything, even heavy metals, poisons, bacteria and viruses. However, it does not remove substances that have boiling points at a lower temperature than water. Some of these substances are oils, petroleum, alcohol and similar substances, which in most cases don't mix with water. Also, remember that substances removed from water remain in the boiler, so you'll need to clean it up every once in awhile.

Distilled water can be used directly and does not need to be boiled again. As it is already hot, you can use it to prepare tea, or similar drinks.