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I've been fractionalizing (freeze distilling) cider to an alcohol level of 25% and am interested in treating it with charcoal to reduce "impurities" and possibly mellow it a bit. Are there any suggestions out there as to how this might be done? Would charcoal water filters do anything? Thanks.

Last year I made a very nice crabapple/pear wine that was just a little heavy on tannin. I blended the fruit then but this year want to press it instead (to avoid cutting up skins and seeds......tannin). To soften the apples before crushing, couldn't I just freeze them to break down the cells...