I bought a "stainless steel" brew infuser from a well known online HBS.
Turns out the small chain attached to it is anything but stainless. It rusted on second use for dry hopping. In the beer it went black slimy. Afterwards I cleaned it and put it in plain water to test - it rusted orange. The beer (otherwise excellent) now has a slight, but annoying, metallic aftertaste.
Hopefully, the broken down ingested components of cheap Chinese metal plating are not going to kill me.
Turns out the small chain attached to it is anything but stainless. It rusted on second use for dry hopping. In the beer it went black slimy. Afterwards I cleaned it and put it in plain water to test - it rusted orange. The beer (otherwise excellent) now has a slight, but annoying, metallic aftertaste.
Hopefully, the broken down ingested components of cheap Chinese metal plating are not going to kill me.
