Traveling Wort

[spin02]

I will be brewing at a friend's place on Saturday. He lives about 1.5 hours away. Should I:

bring the wort home and pitch then yeast? I have a carboy cap to seal it up for the ride back.

or

pitch the yeast there? Would it be ok with a couple couple hours of splashing around?

 

[hukdizzle]

Bring it home and pitch it

 

[HoppyDaze]

bring it home...

 

[WorryWort]

bring it on home. 3 votes to none.

 

[EdWort]

bring it home.

On a legal note, it's not alcohol in an open container till you pitch the yeast.

 

[bottleopener]

pitch first!!!*






*(pity vote for the lesser option)

 

[Arkador]

only time i traveled with wert, was pitched when i get home after it equilized to my fermentation temp. I also drove on a 100degree texas day...

+1 to pitch at home

 

[spin02]

Cool, I will just bring it home.

So I should probably put the carboy in the passenger seat, closer to the cool air conditioner and put the SWMBO in the back?

 

[danlad]

SWMBO in the back so she knows her place in the pecking order?

Seriously though, I cool wort in the bath which takes 45 odd mins, my father in law used to do it overnight in the 1970s-1980s with locally sourced Perthshire malt so this sort of lag before pitching temps is fine so long as you are somewhere temperate.

 

[Arkador]

So I should probably put the carboy in the passenger seat, closer to the cool air conditioner and put the SWMBO in the back?

I put my alepail on the floor behind the passanger seat. If you are going to be traveling, an Ale Pail may be a better choice than a glass carboy.

 

[Big10Seaner]

I'd use an ale pail since it's more stable and unbreakable, probably going to be doing something similar myself this Sunday.