67coupe390 said:
And they didn't have SS in Egypt when the beer brewing started.
Kinda a weak arguement - no? They didn't have aluminum either so why use an example of what they were doing 100's and/or 1,000's of years ago...
That being said, I kinda wish people would stop using Palmer (and mis-quoting him) for an arguement about AL vs. SS.
This page that has been refered to many times, every time this debate comes up. The only line that mentions it says: [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
"Do not clean aluminum shiny bright or use bleach to clean an aluminum brewpot because this removes the protective oxides and can result in a metallic taste. This taste-detectable level of aluminum is not hazardous. There is more aluminum in a common antacid tablet than would be present in a batch of beer made in an aluminum pot." I bet there are a lot of AL kettles nice and shiny inside.[/FONT]
Palmer may be metalergist, but he is not a doctor... forgive me for not taking his word as "the-law-of-the-land", but that's ok, you won't remeber what he said anyway.
I use SS, that's my "choice". Get a keg and convert it, you can buy them from scrap metal places as scrap. I found them any where from $16 - $33 per keg... bring the guy a couple brews and he may even give you an extra one.
15.5 gallons for $33 for a SS pot. Beats the heck out of any AL pot I've ever seen.
IMO - if you are waiting for ANYBODY to ever come right out and say "AL causes alzheimer's", I think you will be waiting til a very warm place gets very cold. In the meantime, I would rather NOT find out that it does. The thought that I may be adding to the chances of getting alzheimer's is enough to keep me from considering it when there are other resources out there.