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[matt6150]

So I just got done making a starter in a 5L flask and it was chilling, then I heard it. A crack! I think it was a cheap flask. I bought at my LHBS for around $35 new. So know I am making a new starter right now in a 2L flask. I guess I will be splitting this 10gal batch with some dry yeast.

 

Edited by matt6150, 14 May 2015 - 07:09 PM.

[HVB]

I feel your pain. I cracked 2 cheaper 5 ones before, just glad I did it while cleaning.

[neddles]

I feel your pain. I cracked 2 cheaper 5 ones before, just glad I did it while cleaning.

 

can you recommend a quality one?

[HVB]

can you recommend a quality one?

I am spoiled because I was given 4-4000ML Pyrex lab grade flask.  They are must more robust than the other flask I have had before but are expensive if you need to buy one.

 

httpss://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-85qKbJkQ6Lk/VVXYyozeryI/AAAAAAAAKrw/g9Tum3SvYq8/w1222-h864-no/flask.jpg

[positiveContact]

I use my flask right on the stove top.  maybe I'm crazy...

[neddles]

I use my flask right on the stove top.  maybe I'm crazy...

I do that with my 1L and 2L no problem. I have heard several stories now of the bigger ones breaking with temp. changes.

[HVB]

I use my flask right on the stove top.  maybe I'm crazy...

i do as well.  I boil in it and then leave it to cool for maybe 15-30 minutes and then dunk it in a ice bath in the sink.

[positiveContact]

I do that with my 1L and 2L no problem. I have heard several stories now of the bigger ones breaking with temp. changes.

 

mines a 5L

i do as well.  I boil in it and then leave it to cool for maybe 15-30 minutes and then dunk it in a ice bath in the sink.

 

I actually put it in the sink first in hot water to reduce shock.  and then I start adding cold water to the mix.

[neddles]

mines a 5L

who made it? do you drop it straight into cold water after boiling?

[positiveContact]

who made it? do you drop it straight into cold water after boiling?

 

I actually can't remember off hand but see above about process.

[HVB]

mines a 5L

 

I actually put it in the sink first in hot water to reduce shock.  and then I start adding cold water to the mix.

I have done it both ways with no issues.  it depends when I make the starter, if it is going to be at night I add the ice to the sink first so the noise does not wake my kids.  Yes, my daughter will use any excuse to come out at night.

[positiveContact]

I have done it both ways with no issues.  it depends when I make the starter, if it is going to be at night I add the ice to the sink first so the noise does not wake my kids.  Yes, my daughter will use any excuse to come out at night.

 

ha!  I typically just take a long time to chill it and put the yeast in before I go to bed.

[matt6150]

This was a 5L that I boiled right on the stove top. I think my mistake is that I didn't let it set long enough before I put it in the sink. Usually I let it set for 5 minutes, then run hot water over it, then cold, then fill the sink with ice water. I have done this for years with 1,2 and 5L flasks.

[Poptop]

I use the 1 gallon size minus the jalapenos of course ;)She ain't pretty but she's solid.https://www.mtolivep...jalapeno-slices

Edited by Steppedonapoptop, 15 May 2015 - 06:00 AM.

[BlKtRe]

I've busted a few over the years myself. Ever since I stopped boiling in them I haven't broken one since. Coincidence? 

[positiveContact]

I've busted a few over the years myself. Ever since I stopped boiling in them I haven't broken one since. Coincidence? 

 

I've probably made about 40 starters in my flask and it hasn't cracked yet.  For a while I was using it on my SQ14 but then I just started using it on my flattop kitchen range.  What were you heating on?  How were you cooling?

[BlKtRe]

I've probably made about 40 starters in my flask and it hasn't cracked yet.  For a while I was using it on my SQ14 but then I just started using it on my flattop kitchen range.  What were you heating on?  How were you cooling?

Stove and water bath. They were not cheap flasks either. Erlynmeyer. 

Edited by BlKtRe, 15 May 2015 - 07:42 AM.