Snafu
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Do people actually boil water in these? I just saw a picture of someone doing this.
You want to boil the DME. You're basically making a small low gravity beer.
I would say more of a malt liquor, but that's just being picky on my part
I read on Northernbrewers web site that you can use the flasks on NG and electric flat-top range tops but not on electric coil type ranges. I think it has something to do with uneven heating of the element on the glass resulting in breakage. I hope someone who uses them in a lab will chime in on this because I would like to boil starter in one but I have a coil element stove top.
put the flask inside a sturdy bug pot. it should be good enough to spread the heat a little more evenly for ya
didn't know that...
do you guys put the dme in at the beginning or after the boil?
put the flask inside a sturdy bug pot. it should be good enough to spread the heat a little more evenly for ya
Flasks boil over in an instant though. You have to be very careful.
I actually find it easier to boil in a pot on the stove and then transfer the wort to the flask. The extra work is much less work than cleaning up a boilover.
Thats why Fermcap is the greatest thing ever invented...ever. Use it, and boil overs will be a thing of the past.
Back to the bug pot. What is a bug pot?
I know that a "Mud Bug" is slang for a crawdad or crayfish in the south so I was assuming that we were talking about a big sturdy fish boil pot/stock pot. I have also heard Lobsters refered to as bugs. If you think about it they are all arthropods like spiders and bugs. (showing off my wifes biology knowledge)
I set a cast iron skillet on top of my electric stove and then set the flask inside the skillet. That seems to keep the heat even and has the added bonus of catching any boil over there may be.
I set a cast iron skillet on top of my electric stove and then set the flask inside the skillet. That seems to keep the heat even and has the added bonus of catching any boil over there may be.
That is likely the correct answer. Yes, a bug pot might be a reference to a lobster boiling kettle. That should have registered with me as I used to do a lot of diving for "bugs".
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