storing wort

[Glot]

My ferment fridge is full. I have a busy time ahead. I figured I might get some wort ready with biab and store it for a week until I have room to ferment it. I have just put it into a sanitized Gerry can as full as I could. Small amount of air. Put it in straight after the boil and chilled it in there. Any thing I need to do or watch out for? I was as through as I could with sanitization.

 

[going down a hill]

Keep it in a dark cool space. If sanitation is up to scratch there should be no problems.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

As long as everything is sanitised and you get get as much air out as possible it should be fine.

No different to a fresh wort kit

 

[Glot]

Just while I am on the topic, under normal home brewer sanatizing practices/ methods, if stored at say, 20 -25 deg and in the dark, what sort of storage time should I get? A few weeks? I realise that under commercial operations, it will last ages before it goes stale. How long do they put on the fresh wort kits?

 

[Glot]

Sometimes I get both days off on the weekend and it is a good chance to do the time consuming bit. Then on a normal one day weekend, all I have to do is ferment or bottle.

 

[Bribie G]

I brewed a Russian Imperial stout in Queensland in October 2011 and got round to fermenting it (in NSW) around Easter this year. Got marked well in the NSW competition and it's in a keg for next year as well.
For a year the cube was used for a doorstop for a roller door, then for the support for the end of a shelf in the garage.

As posted above it's in the same category as craft marmalade or chutney.

 

[dammag]

What about light strike? Does the cube protect the beer?

 

[Bribie G]

Apparently light strike only affects the fermented beer.

 

[Glot]

A support for a shelf. That's what I call a craft beer.

 

[JasonP]

Apparently light strike only affects the fermented beer.

How does that work?

 

[indica86]

I assume light on the yeast?

 

[JasonP]

I assume light on the yeast?

Light strike is a reaction with hops.

 

[O'Henry]

Light strike is the result of a reaction between sunlight and riboflavin, so will only occur in products which have been fermented with yeast or other riboflavin-producing microbes.

Edit: Unfermented wort in a cube will be fine.

 

[Yob]

What about cubed hopped wort with s significant amount of hops? I'd think that sunlight would affect them, I keep cubes under cover and away from direct light... Just to be sure.,

 

[JasonP]

Light strike occurs with a reaction of light and certain hop components. 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol is formed with gives a skuny aroms. So I'd assume it ocurs in both wort and beer.

 

[shaunous]

What about storing wort which was 'chilled' after the boil, in a sanitized cube, same same???

A week in a cube sitting around 30 degree's in my shed OK-ish, i realize it probably not ideal, but is it down right outrageous.

 

[barls]

no if you chill pitch some yeast asap.

 

[shaunous]

i normally do, but i kinda cant. no ferm fridge room.

 

[Yob]

Saison

 

[shaunous]

Saison

Im not familiar with Saisons Yob, never brewed or even tried one.