rockout
Well-Known Member
(edit: This is about a starter, not a 5 gallon batch of wort)
About a year ago I bought a 1L Erlenmeyer flask to make starters in, and I've made one for every brew ever since, regardless of OG. My next brew is a hi-gravity IPA (about 1.080) so I decided to step this one up, something I've never done before. I refrigerated the starter for a day, spilled out the wort, while sanitizing another 2 oz of DME in a pint of water. Cooled it down, and dropped the new wort into the Erlenmeyer flask, capped it, no problems.
The next day, I check on it, and the krausen overnight blew through the airlock and the vodka in the airlock. Common sense tells me that this shouldn't be a problem, but I thought I would ask here anyway.
Guess I need a larger vessel for the second stage starters, eh?
About a year ago I bought a 1L Erlenmeyer flask to make starters in, and I've made one for every brew ever since, regardless of OG. My next brew is a hi-gravity IPA (about 1.080) so I decided to step this one up, something I've never done before. I refrigerated the starter for a day, spilled out the wort, while sanitizing another 2 oz of DME in a pint of water. Cooled it down, and dropped the new wort into the Erlenmeyer flask, capped it, no problems.
The next day, I check on it, and the krausen overnight blew through the airlock and the vodka in the airlock. Common sense tells me that this shouldn't be a problem, but I thought I would ask here anyway.
Guess I need a larger vessel for the second stage starters, eh?