Stevorino

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What, How, and Why?

doublegun

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Aeration, getting o2 into the wort for the yeast, simply put. If you are doing a partial boil kit, as most beginners, when you add water to the fermenting vessel, splash it around, whip it with a clean spoon, or check out some of the various gizmos by searching aeration. As for why, yeast need o2 to do their thing. Healthy, quick, vigorous fermentation is beautiful.

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david_42

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Stage one of the yeast cycle is growth. They need oxygen to multiply.

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Stevorino

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So when going all grain, is there a need to get something to aerate it a lot or is splashing sufficient?

jds

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Here's how I aerate:


After cooling the wort to pitching temperature, I whip air into it with a wire whip until my arm is sore, then I rack to the fermenter. It's not the most high-tech method, but I bet you've got the stuff to do it in your kitchen drawer.

My last big beer took off in 4-6 hours with aeration and a healthy starter, so I figure it works pretty well for me.

brew hoperator

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Some where on this site I saw a video where someone was adding o2 from a Bernzomatic cylinder. Does this work well and what is the time it takes to sufficiently aerate?

Thanks

ohiobrewtus

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The extent of my aeration is to run my wort through a strainer when I take it to primary. I admit that I'm probably slacking a bit in this area, but I'm making beer that I like and others seem to enjoy as well, so for me, it's a step that has not become necessary yet.

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Sloppy Sam

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I bought a carbonation stone from Midwest Supplies. I boil it while I am boiling my beer and then hook it up to my Oxy cylinder from my cutting rig and hit it with about 30 sec of O2. Works great.



http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=4539

You could do the same with those little cylinders they sell at home improvement stores but they are really expensive.

Another option is a fish pump with a HEPA filter on the intake.

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