Copper ?

[yegnal]

Built a down tube inside the kettle and placed a copper scrubber pad under the down tube to filter out the hops, hot break, and cold break.

Works great.

Question though. After boiling strike water I noticed the water was noticeably tinted by the copper scrubber pad. I dumped the water and reboiled another batch, but it was also tinted.

My concern: Why did the water get so discolored by the copper ? and are there health concerns ?

 

[Nosybear]

If it's discolored, you extracted far too much copper to be safe. Dump it. Get a stainless steel scrubby or, since I'm assuming you're doing this to trap trub, RDWHAHB - you don't need to worry about it too much.

 

[Head First]

If it's discolored, you extracted far too much copper to be safe. Dump it. Get a stainless steel scrubby or, since I'm assuming you're doing this to trap trub, RDWHAHB - you don't need to worry about it too much.

Copper scrubber pads are only copper coated they are made of steel. Use stainless steel.