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sudsman · 01-29-2012, 05:43 PM

Starting wiyh an american amber ale kit from brewers best. The kit does not state any thing about oxygenating wort before adding yeast. Any suggestions??
thanks.

**unionrdr** · 01-29-2012, 05:51 PM

Well,I pour the chilled wort & top off water through a fine mesh strainer that aerates pretty well. Gives 3-5 inches of foam. Then stir roughly five minutes straight to aerate more & mix it up better.
You can also get the o2 cylinder aerating kit that uses a SS .5 mocron air diffuser. They also have the airpump type with an in line heppa filter & the same SS airstone. The o2 kit works faster,but costs more. The air pump type takes 20-30 minutes,is filtered,& much cheaper to use.

djfriesen · 01-29-2012, 05:57 PM

I recently started using a drill-mounted aerating wand, much like a paint stirrer. It works really well, is fast, and fairly inexpensive. Beats the crap out of pouring through a strainer and mixing, IMO. Just a thought. Do what works best for you.

**unionrdr** · 01-29-2012, 06:19 PM

I've been curious about that stirrer wand myself. Been trying to make up my mind on which to go to to raise my process another notch.

**NordeastBrewer77** · 01-29-2012, 06:35 PM

recently got a small aquarium pump and airstone, run that in the wort for 15 minutes, longer for big beers, and it seems to really help. shorter lag times and faster FG's in the two batches i've used it on, one a RIS from 1.097-1.023 in 6 days at 64 degrees, can't complain about that.

**chumpsteak** · 01-29-2012, 06:36 PM

Here's what I do.....run the chilled wort through a hose with an inline vacuum T. Pulls air right into the wort as it is transferred to the fermentor. As you can see by the bubbles in the fermenter it works pretty well.

**NordeastBrewer77** · 01-29-2012, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chumpsteak

Here's what I do.....run the chilled wort through a hose with an inline vacuum T. Pulls air right into the wort as it is transferred to the fermentor. As you can see by the bubbles in the fermenter it works pretty well.

nice!!