did i ruin this brew pot?

[jonp9576]

soulds good. i plan to brew friday so tomorrow i'll get it cleaned out again and then wed or thurs i'll boil some water for a while

 

[Brewers Hardware]

My rationale for letting it sit a while before adding water it to let the passivation start to form to protect the pot from the water. That's why it should be dried as well.

 

[QueenCityALER]

Don't even think of hitting that aluminum with any abrasives... Tough/steel scrubbing pads or abrasive cleaners. Bad news. ESPECIALLYif you ever want to boil in it. I t would then leave off flavors. Aluminum is its own little world altogether when it comes to brewing.

 

[jonp9576]

Don't even think of hitting that aluminum with any abrasives... Tough/steel scrubbing pads or abrasive cleaners. Bad news. ESPECIALLYif you ever want to boil in it. I t would then leave off flavors. Aluminum is its own little world altogether when it comes to brewing.

so then what should i do?

 

[jonp9576]

My rationale for letting it sit a while before adding water it to let the passivation start to form to protect the pot from the water. That's why it should be dried as well.

how long do you think, like a couple days or a couple weeks?

 

[Brewers Hardware]

I was trying to find a reference but Palmer only talks about passivating SS. Wiki has some information as well and both suggest the oxide layer forms almost instantly. Based on that, I'd dry the pot thoroughly, let it sit for a couple hours and then do the water boil, followed by another drying and then brew the next day on it.


While I agree with RRBBGG27013 that you would never want to scrub your pot shiny on a regular basis, I would still do it the first time in this case.

 

[Pete08]

so then what should i do?

Use it!! Ever look at the pots in a commercial kitchen? Yours look no worse than those. As has been stated, if after all you have done, what is left should not come out in the beer. After all, it all comes out in the wash, doesn't it??:fro:

 

[Gosassin]

You're fine; my 60-qt aluminum pot looks just like that.

 

[jonp9576]

ok, sounds good. i guess i'll stop bitching and start brewing. i am sick of doing these 3 gallon boils in my turkey fryer any way.

 

[springer]

Just use some detergent and a green scrubbing pad then after its nice and shiny boil some water in it for like an hour. The pot will go dark and that's what you want a layer of oxidation. Then you are good to go with wort.

 

[wilserbrewer]

jonp,

Please, please go buy a stainless kettle so this thread can die. j/k! You could probably have consumed a batch already, had you started brewing when you got the first bit of sound advice a month ago.

Now get busy!

Mike