copper pot should be tin lined?
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copper pot should be tin lined?
Hi all!
Recently i have been told on 2 separate occasions that my copper pot should be tin lined?
I understand that if you cook food that you will eat, then it needs to be tin lined. My understanding is because the food absorbs the leached metals from the copper? but i don't know if the same rules apply if you are distilling Brandy in a copper pot? Do I need to tin line my copper pot? I will if i have to, but don't want to if I don't need to.
Are all copper distilleries tin lined? Does the copper leech into the the distilled Rakia
I appreciate any experienced advise on this!
Recently i have been told on 2 separate occasions that my copper pot should be tin lined?
I understand that if you cook food that you will eat, then it needs to be tin lined. My understanding is because the food absorbs the leached metals from the copper? but i don't know if the same rules apply if you are distilling Brandy in a copper pot? Do I need to tin line my copper pot? I will if i have to, but don't want to if I don't need to.
Are all copper distilleries tin lined? Does the copper leech into the the distilled Rakia
I appreciate any experienced advise on this!
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Nope. Don’t do it.
Good judgement is the result of experience.
Experience is usually the result of bad judgement..
Experience is usually the result of bad judgement..
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Have you looked up tin toxicity?
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Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Copper Stills are just pure copper , NOT tin lined.
Who ever is telling you to line it with tin has absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
Who ever is telling you to line it with tin has absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Yes this is what I always thought. Thanks for the confirmation!Saltbush Bill wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 2:48 am Copper Stills are just pure copper , NOT tin lined.
Who ever is telling you to line it with tin has absolutely no idea what they are talking about.
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Tinning copper cookware was to prevent acidic food from reacting with the copper. We actually want washes and vapors to react and pull out sulfides.
Good judgement is the result of experience.
Experience is usually the result of bad judgement..
Experience is usually the result of bad judgement..
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
What he said!
Double, Double, toil and trouble. Fire Burn and pot still bubble.
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
The European Union demands that copper used for food processing must be fully tinned.
But the copper used for the drinking water pipes is not tinned. Copper in distilled drinks might come from the down path, i.e. the condenser, but there the fluid is mostly neutral. If there is any copper dissolved in the boiler by an acid wash, this copper wille remain in the boiler and the backset.
So: do not tin your still.
But the copper used for the drinking water pipes is not tinned. Copper in distilled drinks might come from the down path, i.e. the condenser, but there the fluid is mostly neutral. If there is any copper dissolved in the boiler by an acid wash, this copper wille remain in the boiler and the backset.
So: do not tin your still.
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Ain't never seen no one die from a copper made outfit.
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Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
I’ve got some cooper cooking pots lined with tin but the still is straight cooper and it get’s all kinds of cool seasoned patina on the inside - not verdigris. After a run the bit below the liquid level is pretty shiny and the parts above the liquid are more red/brown maybe even with a little bit of solids cooked on - not a bunch. Rinse and go next run!
Tin pots get the stainless scrubbie on the inside to shine and clean but never on the cooper. Very seasoned on the outside. 20yrs worth!
Cheers,
j
Tin pots get the stainless scrubbie on the inside to shine and clean but never on the cooper. Very seasoned on the outside. 20yrs worth!
Cheers,
j
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Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Shady ole boys had one or too they was partial to but you start putting fenderskirts an curbfeelers you mite think twice from getting gone. That's when you make the evenin news. Course ain't like it use to be.
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Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
I'm too old and stove up to run.
Figure if I'm on the evenin news.
The still needs to look proper.
The county jail isn't very big.
When I get there. It shouldn't cost too much.
To order donuts and pizza for everyone from nearby businesses.
Figure if I'm on the evenin news.
The still needs to look proper.
The county jail isn't very big.
When I get there. It shouldn't cost too much.
To order donuts and pizza for everyone from nearby businesses.
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
County? Son likker makein is federal.
Go a head an spend that money cause them
alphabet boys gonna show up directly.
You reckon that would put a little pep in your step.
No it ain't like that no more.
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Go a head an spend that money cause them
alphabet boys gonna show up directly.
You reckon that would put a little pep in your step.
No it ain't like that no more.
So I'm tole
Re: copper pot should be tin lined?
Man I would love to chew the fat sometime. You ought to write a book.
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This hobby really is not so much about making alcohol. But bottling opportunities to make memories with Friends and Family.