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copper vs. brass

no brass
3 (37.5%)
some brass
5 (62.5%)

Total Members Voted: 8

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Offline hiphophead

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equipment
« on: September 27, 2010, 03:35:52 pm »
im going to update my setup to all copper and stainless plumbing but i was curious if some brass/bronze fittings would be ok?  yes boiling wort would be traveling through it and so would cool wort.

Offline hopfenundmalz

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Re: equipment
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2010, 03:43:13 pm »
You can pasivate the brass using the method in howtobrew.com.

This appendix.
http://howtobrew.com/appendices/appendixB.html
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