Can I use a copper kettle to boil wort?

Yes! Some brewers believe copper is the best material for brewing beer. It causes some interesting reactions to happen with the sugar that are believed to make the beer taste more like carmel. Also copper transfers heat very well. We have seen micro-photographs of the surface of a kettle just as the bubble tears off the surface and it is very different in copper than stainless. I don't know how this effects the beer but it was a very distinct difference. Copper is much harder to keep looking good than stainless and most breweries have switched to stainless.

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