So... It all started when I was asking around one of the major UK home brewer forums on where to get small oxygen cans for aerating wort. They were confused as to why I wanted one and it turns out, a bunch of them, including a guy who had been brewing for 45 years, don't aerate at all beyond pouring the wort from a height into the fermentation vessel.
Now when I first started home brewing I did just that, but I had problems with high fg. Then I tried aquarium pumps and air stones but then I had problems with foam while the pump was going. You have to leave it on for a few minutes and it just produced too much crud. Then I went pure O2 and never looked back.
These guys are saying it's not necessary to use any kind of extra oxygen/air outside of splashing the wort when it goes into the fv... Has anyone on here tried the no extra aeration method with success on a regular basis? Is O2 just snake oil then?
Now when I first started home brewing I did just that, but I had problems with high fg. Then I tried aquarium pumps and air stones but then I had problems with foam while the pump was going. You have to leave it on for a few minutes and it just produced too much crud. Then I went pure O2 and never looked back.
These guys are saying it's not necessary to use any kind of extra oxygen/air outside of splashing the wort when it goes into the fv... Has anyone on here tried the no extra aeration method with success on a regular basis? Is O2 just snake oil then?