Aerating: before or after?
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findlaym
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after
Before I pitch the yeast but I'm not convinced it would matter much, as
long as it's before fermentation.
long as it's before fermentation.
That's my theory too. I pitch before just because thats how I started.
I've always been told to add the yeast after aeration, but I don't have any hard data stating why it must be done thusly.
BIGREDIOWAN
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I pitch after I aerate.............I read that in Palmer's book How-to-Brew so that's what I've gone with.
I've done it both ways, and I don't think it makes much of a difference. Before I switched to O2 I used to use a paint stirrer chucked into a drill. I would pitch the yeast and then stir it to a mighty froth. I suspect the stirrer might have got the yeast distributed throughout the wort faster than had I done the stirring before the pitching.
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