My wife recently decided to try winemaking, and one of the things we bought was this degasser:
The point of this device is to remove carbon dioxide from wine after fermentation. But, on the Northern Brewer site, it also said it can be used for aerating wort prior to pitching. I've always just splashed wort like crazy while topping off with water in my extract brews and shook the fermentor before pitching. But, since I'm going to all-grain, I figure I need a new way to introduce oxygen to the wort, because there will be no topping off. I was thinking going the aqarium pump route with the air stone, but since I already have this piece of equipment, I think it would be much easier. Just hook it up to a drill, and let the thing spin. Sanitizing the pump, lines, and putting a sanitized filter on the pump seems like more hassle than I'd like to deal with.
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has had success aerating wort with these de-gassers. If not, I guess I'll have to look into getting the air pump and aeration stone.
The point of this device is to remove carbon dioxide from wine after fermentation. But, on the Northern Brewer site, it also said it can be used for aerating wort prior to pitching. I've always just splashed wort like crazy while topping off with water in my extract brews and shook the fermentor before pitching. But, since I'm going to all-grain, I figure I need a new way to introduce oxygen to the wort, because there will be no topping off. I was thinking going the aqarium pump route with the air stone, but since I already have this piece of equipment, I think it would be much easier. Just hook it up to a drill, and let the thing spin. Sanitizing the pump, lines, and putting a sanitized filter on the pump seems like more hassle than I'd like to deal with.
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has had success aerating wort with these de-gassers. If not, I guess I'll have to look into getting the air pump and aeration stone.