I remember someone talked about using PVC in homebrewing situations.. I was reading Papazian today, and he mentioned using PVC for various applications. So looks like its probably nothing to worry about.
However, the book was written in 1994, so he also recommends using aluminum. This is a bad idea, as it can cause alzeimer's. (Research that found this out was in 2000 I believe)
Steve
Actually, almost all homebrewers agree that using Aluminum is not that big of a deal. If you go to rec.crafts.brewing there are a ton of posts about using aluminum pots and what health affects there are.
John
yeah, that was me asking about the plastic. since then i have done a number of brews in them. much more practical. takes about half an hour less when bottling as you only have to clean about 20 bottles as distinct from 60, and much quicker to screw a cap onto a plastic bottle than capping a stubby. takes a bit of the shine off the whole drinking experience, but well worth it for people who want to streamline there preparing and drinking procedure.
best thing to do is do the secondary fermentation in 1.25l plastic bottles, then pour into a jug when ready to drink. great fun.
cheers fellas.
Make sure that it's CPVC to withstand the temps.
Research indicates that there is no link between using aluminum and Alzheimer's. It was proven that the research methodology was flawed, leading to misleading results. I've made lots of award winning beers using aluminum, and it has effect on the taste of the beer, either.
------------>Denny
Al: Perhaps. Not sure if I would want to risk it anyways, if I was drinking it alot myself. Pepsi apparently lines their cans with something now because of it. Perhaps the research is flawed though.
On to a better discussion, I think I am going to try the Raspberry "Better Than Sex" Stout featured in Papazian's book. Anyone here tried it? Looks delish. Will be my first successful stout. If I don't do that one, it will be the Imperial from the same book.
Steve
Denny C>
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This is a bad idea, as it can cause alzeimer's. (Research
it doesn't
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but I prefer drinking brought beer from a bottle rather than a can because canned beer tastes metallic to me. Is storage in Al a problem from the taste point of view?
Brewing Techiques magazine did a study on this some years ago that was recently discussed on rcb. I'll try to dig up the results to post, but in a nutshell, they analyzed beers that had been brewed using SS and AL. There was no significant difference in the levels of AL present in either one. In fact, on some samples, the levels of AL were actually higher in the beers bewed in SS, leading to the conclusion that the background levels of AL were what was coming through in the analysis. That, plus recent research, are enough for me to conclude that AL doesn't pose a risk, and the ribbons I've won using an AL brewpot attest to the lack of effect on taste.
---------->Denny
I did a test bottle in plastic, tried one of the glass bottles-tasted yummy, so I took the plastic bottle to a World cup rugby game....Tasted Sensational,tasted even better on my back pocket considering that volume saved me $15-
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