copperbin keggle??

[marv]

hey clever peeps ,can someone clarify something ive recently made a keggle and have a little bit of copper on the tap,now my father in law saw this and said the acidity in the beer will attack the cooper and therefore give me copper poisoning??is this true......if so hop strainers are copper? help !

[crafty john]

No you won't get copper poisoning, lot's of copper is used through the whole brewing process at my house and I am still alive.

[marv]

lol whats he on about then?

[crafty john]

lol whats he on about then?

Father in law trying to make you think that he knows everything, after all you stole his daughter

[marv]

hes seriously worried me now the c@@@ im worried i have 5gallons of poisoned old speckled hen lol

[Manx Guy]

Hi!

Relax Plumbling is copper, although admittedly water is not as acidic as wort...

However back in the day boilers for brewing beer were made from copper (as its easy to shape and plentiful)
people used to drink ale like it was water (literally in pre- 1854 Broad Street Cholera epidemic times) and didnt come to any harm

Thats where brweing boilers get the name 'coppers' from


Tell pops to put that in his pipe...





Guy

[marv]

got a little brass coupling too that ok?

[Spikesdad]

got a little brass coupling too that ok?

Yes, thats no prob either. just two bits of advice from me...

1) stop worrying.

2) get brewing.

Cheers, Dave

[Horden Hillbilly]

I've used copper strainers in my boiler & mash tun since the mid 1990's & I'm still here to tell the tale.

[Spikesdad]

...ive recently made a keggle and have a little bit of copper on the tap,now my father in law saw this and said the acidity in the beer will attack the cooper and therefore give me copper poisoning??

Im personally more wore worried about alcohol poisoning

[marv]

cheers for the advice

[cyberbackpacker]

Before fermentation copper is great, however once fermentation begins your FIL is right, the acidity will cause a break down of the copper and will lead to poisoning.

So, hot side- copper good
Cold side- copper BAD

[art.b]

sounds like good advice ...

[Kev888]

I heard there was an attempt to get some of the old fashioned breweries to upgrade to stainless on health and safety grounds, but it fell through because the amount of copper getting dissolved wasn't much anyway but they found that the yeast actually deal with any dissolved copper during the fermentation.

I believe that verdigris isn't great though, so if you see your copper parts starting to go green, probably safest to clean it off. It won't be a problem if you keep stuff dry between use but I have a few problems with it on stuff kept out in the unheated, damp garage.

Cheers
Kev