So it seems like no one who replied has tried it. I don't understand the concern about aeration - the fermenter is full of CO2 as soon as fermentation starts. The yeast keep things moving by themselves pretty well but still a yeast cake begins to form early in the process. The idea is not to...
I was just reading a post on another topic and the brewer mentioned that he would give his fermenter a swirl once in awhile during fermentation. That got me wondering: what if you put your fermenter on a big stir plate and constantly stirred during fermentation? (You'd probably stop stirring...