:nono::nono::nono:Hi,
The kit I'm fermenting at the minute tells me to "aerate the wort daily". Does that not just increase the risk of infection?
Any advice is brilliant at this point.
Maybe I'm just being difficult. But I've never ever aerated my wort. Boiling, of course, drives most of the dissolved o2 out of solution, and all I've ever done is pour it straight into the FV, sealed it up and let it cool, then pitched the yeast and got a good fermentation.
Has anyone ever 1) checked whether aeration has ever had any effect, and 2) measured O2 levels in the wort before and after so called `aeration'. It just seems to me to be one more route for getting an infection into your beer.
Maybe I'm just being difficult. But I've never ever aerated my wort. Boiling, of course, drives most of the dissolved o2 out of solution, and all I've ever done is pour it straight into the FV, sealed it up and let it cool, then pitched the yeast and got a good fermentation.
Has anyone ever 1) checked whether aeration has ever had any effect, and 2) measured O2 levels in the wort before and after so called `aeration'. It just seems to me to be one more route for getting an infection into your beer.
Rousing agreed but not with aeration.On a homebrew scale, these strains can apparently benefit from rousing during fermentation. I think this is borne out by the experience on the Shepards Neame 1698 thread in the yeast forum.
You might find this interesting, at about 13 minutes in:
Of course, she is using a high gravity beer.
take white labs vids with a pinch of salt, ive watched many when they refer to an initial foam up with the initial boil as all dissolved gasses are expelled as 'The Hot Break' and we all know the hot break takes place after a minimum of 30 minuets boiling and often a lot longer hence the 90 minute boil period for many recipes :whistle:
take white labs vids with a pinch of salt, ive watched many when they refer to an initial foam up with the initial boil as all dissolved gasses are expelled as 'The Hot Break' and we all know the hot break takes place after a minimum of 30 minuets boiling and often a lot longer hence the 90 minute boil period for many recipes :whistle:
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