Mon, 09/14/2009 - 15:56 — Kevin Ball
Hey Guys
I recently aquired a Sabco keggle to use as my boiling pot. If I use an inversion chiller in a 5 or six gallon batch, half of it will not be submerged because of the siphon tube. Before the boil I can attach the siphon tube thru the middle of the coil so it sits flush but it would have to remain there for the whole boil.
Now to my question!
Will there be any off flavors that may be leached from the copper if I do it this way?
I am very limited on funds so any alternate advice that you may recommend would have to be very done in a very frugal fashion. Thanks in advance for any help
Kevin Ball
Forums:
I'm sure one of the club's mechanical geniuses will have a physical pot arrangment answer for you, but from a pure "can I boil this and be safe" pov - I think you'll be okay as long as you respect the idea of not scrubbing the heck out of the chiller before you put it into the boil.
First, I would boil the thing for an hour or so to leech anything on the surface and then I'd make a cheap batch - you know the kind of thing - a blonde ale or some such and boil it that way and then check the results.