SOB_OCDAVE
Well-Known Member
Ordered this 22 qt Mirro pressure cooker to do wort starters and used it for the first time today. Started with 1 1/2 lbs pilsner malt and did a 60 min mash in a 1 gal. cooler with a 1 gal. paint strainer bag. After separating the grains from the wort, i filled 8 pint sized mason jars and screwed on the lids finger tight. They went into the cooker and went for 20 min. @ 15 psi or about 250*F.
Lots of hot break and other sediment. Question for those of you who have done this in the past: 1. Did the some of wort inside the jars boil out? 2. After cooling, did you pour the clear wort off the break material into the starter?
Here are some pics:
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43716&title=pressure-cokker-set-up&cat=500
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43714&title=starter-wort-031311&cat=500
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43715&title=starter-wort-031311&cat=500
Lots of hot break and other sediment. Question for those of you who have done this in the past: 1. Did the some of wort inside the jars boil out? 2. After cooling, did you pour the clear wort off the break material into the starter?
Here are some pics:
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43716&title=pressure-cokker-set-up&cat=500
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43714&title=starter-wort-031311&cat=500
https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43715&title=starter-wort-031311&cat=500