Starter wort Canning help

[Hammer]

Assuming that you have properly reached 250F due to 15psi, your liquid starter wort should be sterile correct? So you can store it at room temp in the pantry? Or should you store it cold to get the hot break to settle?

Does it matter?

[DannyW]

I store mine in the pantry, and the break material that's not stuck to the sides of the jar seems to settle just fine.

[Bugeater]

I store mine at room temperature too. The break material settles out pretty good for me and forms a fairly dense layer at the bottom of the jar, especially after a couple weeks. Just don't shake it up any when you go to open it and you can easily decant clear wort off the top of that layer. Out of a quart jar I get about 750-850 ml of clear wort the rest being lost to break material.

Wayne

[ddgbrewing]

I need to buy a pressure cooker and start canning me some starter wort.

[Mylo]

I need to buy a pressure cooker and start canning me some starter wort.

Good luck trying to find a used one. I've been looking for months. I thought it would be an item that eventually made it to the garage sale - but for some reason, people hold on to them forever!

Come on, granny! Enough of your nasty jam that nobody likes anyway. Sell me your damn canner!


Mylo

[Hammer]

After using the pre canned wort, I think it is well worth the $99 I spent on ebay for a new one. Your right how people hold on to these things. Its like trying to pry a beer out of my hand!

[Henway]

I have an OLD school aluminum one that you wouldn't want to drop on your foot. But Macy's was having a sale last week--$22 for a no frills SS one. That one's for the wife, but there's nothing wrong with it.

Also check out autoclaves on eBay, once in a while one will go for cheap.

[Henway]

Not to beat the dead horse, but...
I finally got my Ball quart jars.
I made my last batch of beer 26 days ago. I sealed and refrigerated excess wort in flip-tops.
I transferred this wort yesterday to the quart jars and was able to fit 4 of them in the canner.
I had it between 14psi and 16psi for more than 13 minutes and sealed it and turned off the heat. I haven't touched it since then.

Is this wort now safe? (since it wasn't immediately sterilized...)