trainfever
Well-Known Member
I just want to let you fellow beginners in on my misfortune tonight in hopes that it doesnt happen to any of you. Tonight I was making a yeast starter. I boiled the water in an Ehrlenmyer flask first. When the water started to boil, I removed it from the heat and started pouring in the DME. The steam from the water caused the DME to glob up as I was pouring it in and started blocking the opening of the flask. I used a spoon to poke the globs of DME into the flask. After I got all the globs in, I poured the rest of the powdered DME into the flask. There was still plenty of DME stuck all over the inside neck of the flask. I tried pushing it down with te spoon but it couldnt reach. I then put a rubber stopper on top of the flask and proceded to shake the hot water to rinse the DME off the sides. Well this caused pressure to build up and eventually the hot wort came shooting out of the flask, splashing all over my face, hands and arms, not to mention the floor, ceiling and counter. Oh well, you live and you learn.