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Can anyone give me the diameter of a 5L flask, wanting to buy one but want to make sure it will center on my stir plate.

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dbrewski

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Mine is just a hair over 9 inches in diameter.

Golddiggie

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About 9-1/2" at the largest point on mine (flat of the bottom is smaller)...

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On Tap: Caramel Ale, Mocha Porter II, MO SMaSH IPA
Waiting/Carbonating: 12.5% Wee Honey II, 8.9% Old Ale, English Brown Ale, Lickah ESB, Mocha Porter II
Fermenting
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K2:
K3: TripSix
On Deck: Caramel Ale
Aging:mead
Mead [bottled]:Oaked Wildflower Traditional, Mocha Madness, Blackberry Melomel, maple wine


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SpeedyCast

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That gives me an some idea, my stir plate will handle that size, I think it will be able to handle a 5L

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Primary - Liberty Cream Ale
Secondary - Belgian Triple, Smithwicks clone, Pumpkin Ale, and Red Ale II, Apple Pie Mead
Bottled - New Castle clone, Red Ale, Old American Ale, Oktoberfest Lager



As the Tom T. Hall song goes, "I like beer"

Golddiggie

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Just be sure that it can handle the flask, filled to 5L. I think it's more a weight concern with most stirplates. Plus, the size of the stirbar it can spin, in the starter, and still get a good vortex going. I have several different size, and shape, of stirbars right now. Depending on the size of the starter, determines which I use.

Something I've been doing more of late, though, is to do a two step starter. Basically, I use the yeastcalc.com to determine what size starters (1st and 2nd steps) to get the cell count. You can get the same cell count with two small starters than in a significantly larger starter. Such as two 1.5-2L starters giving the cell count that would take a 6L starter otherwise (all using stirplates too). With that, I have yet to actually use my 5L flask. I'm keeping it though, since there could be a time when I'll need to use it.

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Hopping Tango Brewery

跟猴子比丟屎 ・ Gun HOE-tze bee DIO-se

On Tap: Caramel Ale, Mocha Porter II, MO SMaSH IPA
Waiting/Carbonating: 12.5% Wee Honey II, 8.9% Old Ale, English Brown Ale, Lickah ESB, Mocha Porter II
Fermenting
K1: MO SMaSH IPA
K2:
K3: TripSix
On Deck: Caramel Ale
Aging:mead
Mead [bottled]:Oaked Wildflower Traditional, Mocha Madness, Blackberry Melomel, maple wine


...the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed