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http://www.basicbrewing.com/radio/mp3/bbr01-19-06.mp3

About 6 minutes in John Palmer talks about aluminum.

Paraphrasing:

A very good brewing material... using it for years... key is let aluminum build up a passive oxide like on a copper wort chiller. That layer is inert.

Good to boil water to build up a grey oxide on the inside of the pot. Wash with dishsoap. Don't use straight out of Walmart ! Yeast will take care of aluminum ions. Never had an off flavor with aluminum. Iron is another matter ! Will cause off flavors. Prefers aluminum over enamel. Better heat distribution.

Host calls it a hot button issue.

The interview goes on to talk about lagering.

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Interesting listen. John sounds like a real laid back down to Earth sort of guy. If Aluminum is good enough for him, it's good enough for me too.

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Considering metals is his business, I'll believe him.

At one point in his book he talks about bad things in the wort, specifically a bat. I've got a dead mouse in a fermenter. Time for some bleach.

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Brewpilot

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Aluminum has always been good enough for me... it is light, and yes, if you boil water in it, there is your oxide coating. Also, I just use some dish soap and a sponge to clean it. I love it, go ALUMINUM!

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Cheesefood

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More so than Iraq. Ask any Marine.

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Every time I hear the word 'bat' I think of this sketch:

Bounder: The what?

Tourist: The bolour supplement.

Bounder: The colour supplement?

Tourist: Yes. I'm sorry I can't say the letter 'B'.

Bounder: 'C'?

Tourist: Yes, that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I
was a spoolboy. I was attacked by a bat.

Bounder: A cat?

Tourist: No a bat.

Bounder: Can you say the letter 'K'?

Tourist: Oh yes. Khaki, king, kettle, Kuwait, Keble Bollege Oxford.

Bounder: Why don't you use the letter 'K' instead of the letter 'C'?

Tourist: What you mean ... spell bolour with a 'K'?

Bounder: Yes.

Tourist: Kolour. Oh, that's very good, I never thought of that.

Classic. Okay back to metallurgy...

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rdwj

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Is that Python? Sounds familiar, but I'm having a hard time placing it

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Did you say the Iraqi army is using aluminum brew pots?!

No wonder we are having such a hard time training them!

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"Oh what a silly bunt"

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Bingo, Fish got the silly bunt - which oddly never appears in any script, only in performance.

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