New Brew Pot Issue

[SmithsonBrewer]

I recently purchased a nice 9 gal 2 weld brew pot. Today was my first day brewing with it....
Apparently I didn't wash it out well enough before hand and now there is a grey filmy oil coming of in to my boiling wort...
I've pretty much accepted that this batch is getting tossed but I thought I'd ask here anyways.
Anybody else have this happen?

 

[HappiBrew]

Lets start by what it's made of. Is this an SS or aluminum kettle? If aluminum, was it fully passivated (allowed to form a protective oxide layer)?

 

[SmithsonBrewer]

Lets start by what it's made of. Is this an SS or aluminum kettle? If aluminum, was it fully passivated (allowed to form a protective oxide layer)?

It's stainless steel.

 

[HappiBrew]

Hmm... My best guess would be oils from the manufacturing process. I only gave my kettles a quick scrub with a green scrubby and some Dawn before using them and didn't have an issue. I didn't see anything on them, it was a "just to be sure thing".

 

[SmithsonBrewer]

Hmm... My best guess would be oils from the manufacturing process. I only gave my kettles a quick scrub with a green scrubby and some Dawn before using them and didn't have an issue. I didn't see anything on them, it was a "just to be sure thing".

Ya this looked pretty nasty. There was a grey film on top of my hot break. And dark gunk on the sides of the pot. The wort is pretty discoloured. Just wondering if it's worth fermenting...

 

[sandyeggoxj]

Maybe another good scrub with pbw and hot water?

 

[Jim_Holmes]

Ya this looked pretty nasty. There was a grey film on top of my hot break. And dark gunk on the sides of the pot. The wort is pretty discoloured. Just wondering if it's worth fermenting...

i dont think id want it in my fermenter it could possibly leave a film and maybe screw up another batch

 

[SmithsonBrewer]

Maybe another good scrub with pbw and hot water?

Oh for sure... More so wondering what to do with the cooled wort already in it hahaha. Oh well, about 15-20 batches in and this will be my first pour out.

 

[SmithsonBrewer]

i dont think id want it in my fermenter it could possibly leave a film and maybe screw up another batch

Yaaa good call...

 

[Cyclman]

One of the best things I read on HBT, somewhere, was to clean in place. I have a 3-tier system, but even when I do an occasional extract batch, I clean in place. At the end of brewing, I fill the pot 3/4, put in PBW and heat to 140, let it sit 20-30 min (putting my equipment to clean in the warm soapy water). Dump that out through the valve, then repeat with just water. I leave the equipment out to "drip dry." I also do a batch of hot water to begin my brewday. It does waste a little water (though not really, as I use the clean water for my lawn) but makes brewday much more bearable, I hate cleaning.

Anyhow, I have a new pot, am going to do this (in addition to disassembling the valve and cleaning it in advance), and expect that'll get any bad stuff out. I assume it's machine lube.