didnt use hose with mash..hot side aeration ruin my beer?

boss429 · Aug 21, 2010

So I didnt have silicone tubing so I decided not to put a hose on my barb on my mash tun. let it just splash into my kettle because the hose i had was

http://morebeer.com/view_product/17603//Tubing_-_Reinforced_Vinyl_1_2_in_

and not silicone...

It was splashing in from like 3 feet up...

so would hot side aeration affect me much? I did it preboil...

hoppymonkey · Aug 21, 2010

It is fine preboil.

daugenet · Aug 21, 2010

you need to do a lot more than that to worry about HSA

boss429 · Aug 21, 2010

alright well thanks for input anyone else do this before?

mullenite · Aug 22, 2010

I don't own a tube to put on my mash tun, never had issues.

SwampassJ · Aug 22, 2010

Never bothered to try a tube on my mashtun. I figured after watching videos from professional breweries making it look like splash mountain, a 2-3 foot drop ain't going to do **** to mine.

Only benefit I can see of with the tube is getting it lower than the inside water and using it like a siphon to pull from the dead space.

dale1038 · Aug 22, 2010

Yeah, it's starting to become clear that hot side aeration is a non-concern for homebrewers.

boo boo · Aug 22, 2010

Your beer is ruined!

Please let it go to completion, bottle it up and send it to Boo Boo @ NL/Canada
I'll properly dispose of this toxic brew.

EricCSU · Aug 22, 2010

You are fine.

ajf · Aug 22, 2010

For HSA to cause a problem, you will need to let the beer mature for a lot longer than most homebrewers do. If it a barley wine that you are going to let mature for 6+ months, then you may have something to worry about. If you're going to drink it in a reasonable time, I wouldn't worry.

-a.

azscoob · Aug 22, 2010

I currently use a 4" length of hose off the mash tun to get it out past the lip of the keggle when its draining, when I started brewing I bought the wrong dia hose to fit properly so I did not use it. since it wasnt causing an issue I havent bothered with a long line on the tun since.

Here is a pic of the sparge from my first brew ever, no hose here!

Beer_Guy · Aug 22, 2010

I agree.

hoppymonkey said:
It is fine preboil.

Boiling will force any aeration out.

Newton · Aug 22, 2010

A couple of batches ago I dumped the near boiling hot wort from my kettle into the fermentation bucket and let it cool overnight---why I did that is another story

. Anyways 7 weeks later and no oxidation taste in the batch. So you are probably fine.

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