Copper-Brazed plate chiller - does copper contact the wort?

wantonsoup · Nov 1, 2012

General question from someone who doesn't quite know how a plate chiller is assembled - most I'm seeing are Stainless Steel / Copper Brazed. Does the copper contact the wort? Or is the fluid passage 100% SS?

Patricknobles · Apr 16, 2013

ditto...any answers to this?

freshhoarse · Apr 16, 2013

day_trippr · Apr 16, 2013

Folks that have used aggressive cleansers have reported seeing blue-green effluent, so based on that I expect that wort does contact copper.

But some miniscule amount of copper in the wort is generally considered A Good Thing wrt yeast health, so I'm not sure there's grounds for concern...
Cheers!

Bobby_M · Apr 17, 2013

There is definitely some copper exposed, but it's a very small surface area compared to the stainless component.

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