Hello all,
I am a bit worried that I may not have aerated my wort enough prior to the pitching of the yeast. I used my new "Mix-Stir" for only about 5 min, moving up and down thru the carboy, and it did not seem to kick up much foam, even when I came up into the airspace above the wort and brought it back down (maybe I don't have the "wings" on it set up correctly? Am I using this thing right?)
It is a +80 OG beer, a strong DIPA, made with a 2-vial/2-liter WPOO1 starter . . . . . . it is thus a big beer, and I really want to be sure it has enough air.
Thus, is it absurd to think of setting up my (old) aquarium pump system, with sterile filter, into the beer . . . it being 1 day since the pitch and at pretty vigorous kraesen?
Thanks--ted
I am a bit worried that I may not have aerated my wort enough prior to the pitching of the yeast. I used my new "Mix-Stir" for only about 5 min, moving up and down thru the carboy, and it did not seem to kick up much foam, even when I came up into the airspace above the wort and brought it back down (maybe I don't have the "wings" on it set up correctly? Am I using this thing right?)
It is a +80 OG beer, a strong DIPA, made with a 2-vial/2-liter WPOO1 starter . . . . . . it is thus a big beer, and I really want to be sure it has enough air.
Thus, is it absurd to think of setting up my (old) aquarium pump system, with sterile filter, into the beer . . . it being 1 day since the pitch and at pretty vigorous kraesen?
Thanks--ted