Hi everybody,
I have read several times about the co2 "blanket" that forms in our FVs and how it protects the beer from oxidation...
Is that really so?
CO2 should settle at the bottom but I guess it can easily disturbed by even the most suttle current, specially if fermentation isn't active, right?
If I crack open my fermentation bucket to drop in some hops or add a fining agent, wouldn't that be sufficient to get some air in which will diffuse with the CO2 and just oxidize the beer?
Thanks
pp
I have read several times about the co2 "blanket" that forms in our FVs and how it protects the beer from oxidation...
Is that really so?
CO2 should settle at the bottom but I guess it can easily disturbed by even the most suttle current, specially if fermentation isn't active, right?
If I crack open my fermentation bucket to drop in some hops or add a fining agent, wouldn't that be sufficient to get some air in which will diffuse with the CO2 and just oxidize the beer?
Thanks
pp