"ehrlenmeierenschachmeier"flask/starter question..

[wood]

OK - I'll let you know how the starter experiment goes once I have a free freaking weekend to brew again - I am stuck in Fresno of all places for work, and I find it difficult to brew in my hotel room. "I call it the 'whore points sheraton' " - because of the whores in this neighborhood. Get it? I don't. Thank GOD.

thanks-WOOD

[bub]

Are any of them hot.... or cheap?
BUB

[Bugeater]

Are any of them hot.... or cheap?
BUB

We feel sorry for your wife, Bub. How does she put up with you?

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

[SaintTaris]

So - I just got this flask - how exactly do you do a starter with one/


do you boil with it on your stove? will it crack with the temperature???


IE - you get a starter kit from B3, put water/DME, yeast "stuff", etc. into your ehrlemeyer (sp? wtf?) and boil it on our stove? Then cool it, and then add yeast?

does this make sense?

thanks - Wood

I us ~1000ml of water with ~ 3/4 cup of DME and I boil them in a pot for about 10 mins. I then pour the wort into the erlenmeierwinkle flask and boil for a few mor mins. I do not boil in the flask for the full 15 mins because of boil overs. I find it is easier to control a boil over in a pot than it is in an erlenmeierwinkledinkle flask.

I cover the flask with a piece of aluminum foil and place it in the freezer or ice bath. When the starter is cooled, I pitch my tube of white labs yeast, add the cork and airlock and place it on top of the fridge.

I make my starters 24-48 hours before I brew. If I do not brew within 48 hours, I place the starter in the fridge.