bulldogxray
Well-Known Member
Can you use an air compressor and a filter with a stone attached to aerate your wort? What would be the difference between that and using a fishtank pump?
If you want to aerate your wort properly, use Oxygen. Atmospheric air is only like 20% Oxygen.
Do you have to get a regulator of some sort for those or do they come with a valve? I can't tell from the photo.
Hang Glider said:Austin has these for that Oxygen tank:
Austin has these for that Oxygen tank:
I have a fish tank aerator and a stone but It did not look like the air was coming out as much as I think it should. Does anyone have a video?
If you have ever drained your compressor tank, you would not even think once about using it for brewing! Depending on your humidity as the air gets compressed water will pool in the tank. There is a drain valve on the bottom to let this water out. WARNING !!! Make sure the tank is empty then open this valve and take a look at what comes out. I did this after about a month or so of use, the only thing swamp water has over this water is mosquito lava. And don't think that this water in not being blown out through the hoses. Run the air over a paper towel a few times and take a look, it will be damp for sure.
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