capretta
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Hey all, holy crap , i just thought i'd post on here quickly about an experience i had this morning cause it was a bit of a doozy and it might catch someone unawares like it did me..
i had put 3 tbsps of malt extract into a schott 1000 ml erlenmeyer flask and i put 750 ml of water from the kettle in, swirled and placed it on the electric hot plate, which i then turned on. i sat there watching it cause ive had boil overs before, and after a minute it had one big bubble.
i reached to take it off the stove and as i did it instantly turned to froth and the boiling malt solution shot out of the top of the flask about 40cm high. i switched the stove off and it died down quickly. cleaned up the mess no real harm done but if i had been a few seconds earlier i would have had my hand around the top of the flask and probably would have been burnt.
the point is there was no warning at all, it was almost instantaneous.. <_<
the only thing i can relate it to is those today/tonight episodes they do every 6 months on "killer" microwaves, where if you superheat a pure liquid and add impurities you get an instant boil, but this liquid wasnt pure :blink:
so from now on i guess i wont have my hot plate on high when making yeast starters..
take it easy all..
i had put 3 tbsps of malt extract into a schott 1000 ml erlenmeyer flask and i put 750 ml of water from the kettle in, swirled and placed it on the electric hot plate, which i then turned on. i sat there watching it cause ive had boil overs before, and after a minute it had one big bubble.
i reached to take it off the stove and as i did it instantly turned to froth and the boiling malt solution shot out of the top of the flask about 40cm high. i switched the stove off and it died down quickly. cleaned up the mess no real harm done but if i had been a few seconds earlier i would have had my hand around the top of the flask and probably would have been burnt.
the point is there was no warning at all, it was almost instantaneous.. <_<
the only thing i can relate it to is those today/tonight episodes they do every 6 months on "killer" microwaves, where if you superheat a pure liquid and add impurities you get an instant boil, but this liquid wasnt pure :blink:
so from now on i guess i wont have my hot plate on high when making yeast starters..
take it easy all..