copper kettle project

[martinworswick]

You can't. It was a joke. Read the thread.

i did, i must have missed the intended humour though

 

[ScubaSteve]

But anyway, how did it go?

 

[Catt22]

You can't. It was a joke. Read the thread.

It was obviously a joke, but I must admit that the thought did cross my mind. IIRC, exposing copper to acidic foods can cause toxicity issues, but there may be more to it than that.

Something must have happened though, as his posting came to an abrupt halt for some reason. He seemed to be having fun showing off his metal working skills, so I would have expected him to post the finished project. He did mention in the early posts that he was having some problems, but that was all.

Prior to the development of aluminum and stainless steel, copper was about the only choice for a brewing kettle. Iron and regular steel would be susceptible to rust and that could mess up the brew.

 

[Mpez]

No need to worry about copper poisoning. As already mentioned, copper predates other brew kettle mediums. In fact even today the Pilsner Urquell brewery employs brew kettles, mash mixers, decoction kettles, and lauter tuns which are all built from copper.

While there is no denying that copper can be toxic, your body actually needs copper in smaller amounts. It is only an issue in large amounts. Brewing in copper is not introducing copper in anything close to toxic amounts.

The same can be said of lots of other things. Something as basic as water is also toxic in large enough amounts.

 

[moai]

Making your own copper kettle should be great.
maybe in future you`ll go into home-kettle
insted home_brew-
congratulations

 

[dragonlor20]

I would still like to know how this project ended up... It was looking great.

 

[horseinmay]

Maybe he kept on building and is posting the results at Homedistillertalk.com

 

[moai]

Once I wanted to craft my own copper kettle. In "Youtube" I found some tutorials,
but that was all. Finally I got a quite unexpensive 100 liters aluminium kettle, a material recomended by Charly Papazian.
Well, If our friend decides to go further...for sure he will finish his copper kettle.
I hope he does it.

cheers from South Pacific