Navy_Chief
Well-Known Member
Just wanted to post a quick warning to prevent anybody else from having what just happened to me happen to them...
I was finishing up boiling a starter in an Erlenmeyer Flask on my gas stove, I don't normally boil the stir bar with the wort, my normal process is to carefully slide the bar down the side of the flask into the still very hot wort to sanitize it. Today when I did this it created a nucleation site for the VERY hot wort and it boiled over onto my hand holding the flask and a bit hit my stomach. No serious injuries, I have a pretty good first degree burn on my hand and a couple of spots on my stomach (shirt saved me from the worst of it there).
There has never been an issue with this in the past, not sure what conditions were different this time but it was less than fun.
Careful out there...
I was finishing up boiling a starter in an Erlenmeyer Flask on my gas stove, I don't normally boil the stir bar with the wort, my normal process is to carefully slide the bar down the side of the flask into the still very hot wort to sanitize it. Today when I did this it created a nucleation site for the VERY hot wort and it boiled over onto my hand holding the flask and a bit hit my stomach. No serious injuries, I have a pretty good first degree burn on my hand and a couple of spots on my stomach (shirt saved me from the worst of it there).
There has never been an issue with this in the past, not sure what conditions were different this time but it was less than fun.
Careful out there...