An idea came to me at the tail end of this weekends brew session.
I recently purchased a paint stirring bit to help mix my mash and potentially oxygenate my wort. I have an immersion wort chiller, but can't do whirlpool at the moment because I do not have a pump. My thought was to use the paint stirer to circulate the wort around the immersion chiller. It only occured to me at the tail end of cooling, but it seemed to have a very beneficial effect.
Keeping the bit at the bottom of the kettle allows for movement/stirring of the wort. Pulling the bit up to the surface starts causing agitation with more foam, and therefore I believe greater oxygenation of the wort.
Any thoughts pro or con on adopting this as a standard practice?
I recently purchased a paint stirring bit to help mix my mash and potentially oxygenate my wort. I have an immersion wort chiller, but can't do whirlpool at the moment because I do not have a pump. My thought was to use the paint stirer to circulate the wort around the immersion chiller. It only occured to me at the tail end of cooling, but it seemed to have a very beneficial effect.
Keeping the bit at the bottom of the kettle allows for movement/stirring of the wort. Pulling the bit up to the surface starts causing agitation with more foam, and therefore I believe greater oxygenation of the wort.
Any thoughts pro or con on adopting this as a standard practice?