I'm sure this is a subject blogged/vlogged about multiple times but since this was my first experience with the process I'll just write a bit about it.
I had a planned brewed day last Friday, I was going to brew a Barleywine. This changed because I wanted to get some wort canned and I wanted to get another use out the WLP002 before kicking the shit out of it with a Barleywine.
Anyway I wanted this to be an easy drinker with an O.G. of 1.045 so I could also harvest some wort for future starters. This is what I did.
- Adjust the recipe to make an extra gallon for canning. Beersmith made this a snap, I just scaled the existing recipe then reset my hop additions to what they were originally (we're going to be removing the extra gallon before hopping begins).
- Mash and batch sparge as usual then start the boil.
- Once the wort had boiled about 10 minutes and before adding any hops I filled each jar using the jar clamp canning accessory tool I purchase with my pressure cooker. Since I was using a pressure cooker to can rather than a liquid bath I didn't need to pre-sanitize my jars, everything would be killed in the cooker.
- I placed a lid on each jar and lightly screwed the ring down. This allows the jars to vent before eventually sealing on cool down.
- I pressure cooked at 15psi for 20 minutes then allowed the cooker to cool for 1.5 hours before removing the lid and testing each jar for a seal. I had one that didn't seal and I think it's because it fell over against the side of the cooker and knocked the lid slightly off. I had a different size jars in the cooker plus my slants so I'm not surprised they moved around a bit.
Anyways this was a very simple process and didn't add any time to my brew day and I now have 3 1L starters worth of wort ready to go . It always killed me to pay $15 for 3lbs of DME, You might get 5 1L starters from that much DME. It might cost me $3 in extra grain to get the same thing from wort, that's pretty good savings over time.
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