Is there a shelf life on boiled water in mason jars?

[Camo6]

I can get a bit forgetful at times. The electric one has a timer. Just select the cooking time and walk away. When finished it has a keep warm mode. I can fit 5 or 6 regular jars in mine or a basket of test tubes.

 

[Yob]

does that mean we should be boiling our wort over a 3 day period too?

i wasnt referring to no chill but instead comparing the risk of infection from boiled water for five minutes vs other more likely sources. basically putting things in perspective

I was predominantly replying to the first bit of the above posted.

regardless, 5 minutes isnt long enough, agreed.

As far as the stovetop V's Electric, I usually shut mine down on the stove after about 10 minutes, it will stay pressurised for some time after that... if they were the same price, I'd probably go the electric for the reasons Cam has stated, set and forget ability

 

[lael]

Any chance it would fit v8 jars?


And do you put the lids on the jars (Not sealed)? Or just in the cooker?

 

[Camo6]

Nah. I use standard pasta sauce jars. The big dolmio ones fit. Lids get left on half a thread then placed on bench and allowed to cool for a few minutes before sealing.
Like Yob said anything bigger can go in the oven.

 

[Truman42]

What's wrong with just sanitising the jar with some starsan? It's what I've always done.

Does starsan not remove all bacteria?

 

[Yob]

Not "all" in the true sense of the word, enough to be considered "enough" in realistic terms.

For flasks I'll generally add boiling water and perc, rinse, starsan and use.

 

[Camo6]

I've never used the oven myself as I just pbw the flask and boil initial starter volumes in that. But I like having the sterile water handy for rinsing yeast or any long term yeast storage. Its really handy having cooled sterile water and a cooled sterile jar available any time. Having sterile wort handy at ambient temps is a bonus too as it saves me boiling and cooling wort for stepping starters on a week night.
Nothing wrong with boiling or star-san-ing or both. Its how I always did it. But for $50 I now use a method that is more thorough and more convenient. A no-brainer in my mind.

 

[stux]

SWMBO is going to hate it when I steal all her mason jars to make sterile water/wort