killian
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If so can you walk me through the process.
How do I know what can be autoclaved?
Have you ever used it with a propane burner?
How do I know what can be autoclaved?
Have you ever used it with a propane burner?
I use a real autoclave. :rockin: The only thing that I have found to not be autoclavable are plastic racking tubes (I tested a piece of a broken one). I keep meaning to test a White labs yeast vial - I think that will fail. A few things get soft and can become deformed like carboy caps, and many tubings. This is fine as long as they are cooled carefully (no kinks or weight on them). Kegs autoclave just fine!
I use a real autoclave. :rockin: The only thing that I have found to not be autoclavable are plastic racking tubes (I tested a piece of a broken one). I keep meaning to test a White labs yeast vial - I think that will fail. A few things get soft and can become deformed like carboy caps, and many tubings. This is fine as long as they are cooled carefully (no kinks or weight on them). Kegs autoclave just fine!
That sounds like a freaking huge autoclave! Ever autoclave a carboy?
I use mine on my gas stove. It takes a little longer but works well. I have used it for sterilization and for canning wort for starters.
Tell me how you can your wort for starters.
Thx
Create the wort (I do a batch of extract it is a little older and I dont want to use it any more for beer; I know people who just do an all grain batch with 2-row) that is about 1.040. In stead of cooling it after boiling for 30 minutes, place it in the quart jars. Put lids on and run at 15lbs for 30 minutes. Let things equalize and put them on your shelf in a cool dark place.
Then just use them whenever you need. I usually dust off and flame the top and then open and pour into a flask. Works great.
If you can starters with all-grain do you even need to boil after mash-out. You'll be sterilizing the wort in the pressure cooker anyway so you would be boiling twice.
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