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One material that never gets spoken about, at least in the context of still building, is wood. No i haven't been sampling too much. I have a 15 gallon copper boiler. Just bought it on ebay. turns out that the lid is made of tin. I was told it was copper but underneath a layer of rust and dust i found tin. So now i have a boiler with no lid. Here is the question. can i make a lid out of oak? it would be a hell of a lot easier to fabricate a lid from solid oak than from copper sheet. Next question, will the alcohol vapor leach out poisions from the wood or just cause some wierd off tastes.
No i haven't been sampling too much. I have a 15 gallon copper boiler. Just bought it on ebay. turns out that the lid is made of tin. 
I was told it was copper but underneath a layer of rust and dust i found tin. So now i have a boiler with no lid. Here is the question. can i make a lid out of oak? it would be a hell of a lot easier to fabricate a lid from solid oak than from copper sheet. Next question, will the alcohol vapor leach out poisions from the wood or just cause some wierd off tastes.