made a starter in an old pyrex coffee pot..

RedOctober · Nov 15, 2008

I waited for pitching temperature, covered it with a plastic bag and sat it on top of my stir plate.

CO2 will flow out and i think its pretty safe from bacteria.

Does anyone see and issues with the above?

BTW, I needed a started (high gravity IPA brew)

climateboy · Nov 15, 2008

Just spray down the plastic with sanitizer.

EvilTOJ · Nov 16, 2008

Only problem I'd see is if the coffee pot isn't cleaned out enough and adds some bitterness to the wort. Most likely isn't a problem if the spent wort is decanted off the yeast cake anyways.

bad coffee · Nov 16, 2008

great idea. I'm gonna check the thrift store for an old coffee pot.

Revvy · Nov 16, 2008

I was wondering wtf you were using in the pic you showed me...

Good Idea, I guess.

:mug:

RedOctober · Nov 16, 2008

:fro:

tedski · Nov 16, 2008

carbon dioxide can get out, but oxygen can't get in. The purpose of a stir plate is to allow the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. I'd sooner put tinfoil loosely over it.

Remember, nasties cannot crawl, so as long as they can't fall in when riding in on dust particles, sanitation is fine.

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