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Ran out of Oxygen
I normally aerate with pure Oxygen and I ran out and didn't realize it.
When I transfer my wort from the kettle to the fermenter I just let it drain straight in from a fall of about 2ft and it creates a lot of agitation. I also shook it for a couple of minutes. Will this introduce enough Oxygen to ferment well? |
Well it's not as ideal as using pure O2 but it will work...Something similar happened to my last brew. The airstone blew off the tubing and into the carboy. I just shook it really well and called it good. I still had a vigorous fermentation and hit my FG.
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Until very recently, the concept of using oxygen to prime wort was unheard of. Somehow, for the last few millennia, beer has been made. You will be just fine, I promise.
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Why would you think that you don't have enough oxygen introduced after a free fall and shaking?
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I dunno.
I'm just being paranoid, but my brew day went perfect up until that point. I brewed a Two Hearted clone and want it to come out spot on, and I'd be very disappointed if it doesn't. |
Update
Checked the fermentor.
12 hours after pitching 2 quart starter harvested from from Bell's Pale Ale, and I already have over an inch of krausen! I'm definitely gonna need a blow off tube. So far I'm battin a 100! |
According to Jamil and chris white's book yeast, optimal oxygen levels is 8-10 ppm. the book also did an experiment of shaking a carboy of wort for 5 minutes and determined that the oxygen level was 2.71.
Also, here is a post from wYeast Labs that describes oxygen levels of wort: http://www.brew-monkey.com/brewschool/oxygenation.php |
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