Cubing wort

[MitchBastard]

How long can ya keep a cube of wort before chucking it in the FV? 

 

Just curious cause I wanna stock pile and give the guten a good flogging in the coming weeks.....

[Otto Von Blotto]

As long as you like if it's done properly. I've kept wort over a year before fermenting it.

[The Captain!!]

Yeah that’s extreme, but yes, it’s just like canning something. 

[PaddyBrew2]

2 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

As long as you like if it's done properly. I've kept wort over a year before fermenting it.

That’s a long time at the bottom of the pool 

[MitchBastard]

Thanks @Otto Von Blotto 

By properly do you mean no air in the cube and stored in a cool place out of direct sunlight?

[Otto Von Blotto]

That, and put in there above 80 degrees. Mine usually gets transferred around 85/86 degrees, and loses a few degrees during the transfer, so it's still sealed up above 80. 

I usually don't manage to get all the air out because the handles are hollow and there's probably more risk spilling wort trying to squeeze out air with the cube on an angle, so I just don't bother. Most of the time the cubes only sit around for a month or two though. 

[MitchBastard]

@Otto Von Blotto thanks mate

[Otto Von Blotto]

I also aim to fill the cube fully to minimise the amount of air squeezing needed, but if that means draining a heap of hot break (the sludgy crap at the bottom after the boil) into it then I won't.