First time oxygenating with the aquarium pump method - other than containing it, is this an issue (see pic below)? Does it get worse? I've got fifty more minutes of this (to get an hour's worth).
Rick
Rick
You want to start the fermentation process with the wort loaded with oxygen; that's why many of the recipes suggest splashing while pouring and such. You can also aerate in a couple of other methods. One is to use pure oxygen from a tank and flow it through an air stone (aquarium bubbler) and another is to use an aquarium pump through a filter, then to the air stone. The pure oxygen method takes about a minute, the aquarium pump method takes about an hour. Both are much better at getting oxygen into your wort than the shake/splash method.whats the fish pump method and why?
I did use a HEPA filter, but I'll post a second warning: don't find out at the last second that the aquarium hose won't fit the HEPA filter barbs. I was heating and stretching tubing trying to get it to fit with the brew ready to be aerated. Between now and the next brew I'll work on a nicer looking connection, but I did put together something that worked.make sure you run the air thru a HEPA filter.
Could be. I based it on an article at BYO titled Five Easy Homebrew Projects which said "under an hour." I went an hour to be safe (I figured if it had been 45 minutes, it would'a said 45 minutes).Rick, you said that you aerate for an hour - isn't that a bit much?
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