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Munsoned

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I brewed a wheat beer last weekend (you may have seen my post a few days back on the resulting explosion). :p

Anyway, this weekend I'm planning to rack from the primary into a secondary onto apricot preserves.

My question: should I re-aerate the wort when doing this since I'm really looking for another round of fermentation, or should I try to keep the aeration to a minumum to reduce the chance of oxidation?

If I had to guess, I'd bet that the beer has enough oxygen in it still for the yeast to do its thing, but I'd love to hear others thoughts...

Thanks!
 
I agree with both above.

However I would recommend that you take caution with your apricot preserves. Some preserves are not really 'preserves' but are really just thickened jams with un-fermentable corn-syrup added (with preservatives).

Read the ingredients label and make sure your apricot preserves are preservative-free...otherwise you might end up with a really sweet beer.
 
Munsoned said:
I brewed a wheat beer last weekend (you may have seen my post a few days back on the resulting explosion). :p

Anyway, this weekend I'm planning to rack from the primary into a secondary onto apricot preserves.

My question: should I re-aerate the wort when doing this since I'm really looking for another round of fermentation, or should I try to keep the aeration to a minumum to reduce the chance of oxidation?

If I had to guess, I'd bet that the beer has enough oxygen in it still for the yeast to do its thing, but I'd love to hear others thoughts...

Thanks!
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Yeast needs oxygen to propagate, but not to consume the sugars.
 
Awesome. Thanks all. BTW, I misspoke when I said preserves. It's really just a 3 lb. can of apricot puree (the stuff that you can get at almost any HBS or online). It's preservative-free, but thanks for the insights on that anyway!
 
After you let it sit on the fruit for a few weeks, you may want to rack off the fruit to a tertiary for a few days, then to the bottling bucket. I find that helps keep the fruit out of the bottleing bucket.
 
Definitely do not aerate. That will only increase chance of oxidation and staling. Not qualities you want in beer.
 

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