Cooper to remove sulfur from finished beer.

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  1. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    As a project for homebrew club I had to make a beer on Monday with kveik and keg and have finished by Saturday. Went to test FG and I’m finished but beer has a sulfur aroma. Normally I’d let this beer sit and the sulfur would go away on its own.

    I’ve read that stirring with a copper wort chiller while leading to oxygenation will remove the sulfur fast... any idea how long to stir with the copper? Any other tricks?

    Edit: Copper lol
     
    #1 Prep8611, Jul 11, 2019
  2. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Run it through some copper tubing as you transfer it to the keg.
     
    #2 wasatchback, Jul 12, 2019
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  3. telejunkie

    telejunkie Savant (1,107) Sep 14, 2007 Vermont

    copper brillo pads are also a good trick...tie off to floss, and give just a short contact time or just rack over it..just need the oxidative rxn to get rid of that reductive stink...
     
    #3 telejunkie, Jul 12, 2019
  4. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Yes, copper and sulfur have an affinity.
     
    #4 hopfenunmaltz, Jul 12, 2019
  5. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    I read somewhere that tossing a copper penny or 2 into the kettle works, but never tryed it.
     
    #5 GormBrewhouse, Jul 15, 2019
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