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Barrel materials and food spoilage

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Krakow Sam:
Having recently been reminded of how silver can be used to purify water, I thought of the various materials barrels can be made of in DF and how they would actually react in real life.As an example, varieties of alcohol such as wine and whiskey are purposefully stored in  cured wooden barrels to enhance the flavour of the contents. Perhaps booze made by dwarfs and stored in wood barrels could count as higher quality compared to that stored in metal barrels.On the flip-side, copper is poisonous. No-one would store food in copper containers in the real world, as it would also make the contents taste foul. Iron would also be an unsuitable material for barrels as it rusts quickly and imparts a distinctive flavour.Silver barrels could perhaps retard the spoilage of food (if and when food spoilage in stockpiles is implemented)

puke:
really?  arent brewing tanks / vats often made from copper?  actually, after a quick google search:really?  brewing tanks are often made from copper.  huh.

Krakow Sam:
Well, maybe not copper, but I'm pretty sure some metals used in the fortress are unsuitable for the tasks they are put to with regards to food and drink.

puke:
that may well be, but i wouldnt expect that to stop their use.  Roman aquaducts were lined with lead, which is a good choice from logistical and metalurgical points of view.from healthalurgical points of view, it was a rather bad idea in hindsight.  but you only notice the effects after several generations of compounded birth defects, and even then, you might not know what to attribute it too.besides, if making lead water barrels was an option, it would be worth doing just to trade them to the elves.

Krakow Sam:
Yes, but in the case of silver purifying water swmming with bacteria or oak barrels improving the taste of wine the effects are immediate and attributable.

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