runs4beer
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For me the real advantage of Erlenmeyer flask is I can boil the starter wort in the flask and then cover it with foil as soon as I remove it from the heat (which one could also do with a beaker). Erlenmeyer have a larger surface area so they cool more rapidly in an ice bath then other glass containers.
I have a 500ml and a 2000ml Erlenmeyer flasks but I for really big starters I will then step up to a one gallon pickle jar which has a concave bottom I was happy to discover my stir-bar and DYI stir-plate have no difficult doing their thing on the concave bottom, they also work with mason jars.Not entirely true. In my experiences some glass containers have rounded bottoms that make it difficult for the stirbar to sit