Aeration of Wort

[HopSong]

Been looking at a number of articles on the subject. Appears the yeast like 8-10% O2 for normal beers and more for bigger beers.

So the question is.. short of having an O2 flow meter. How long should one oxygenate the wort using O2 (rather than air) with a 2 micron sintered filter?

I usually do 1 minute. Others I've seen say 30 sec, others go 2 to 20 minutes.

One article I read said too much O2 can actually kill the yeast as well as other beasties.

Help?

 

[Cyclman]

I do a minute with a 5 micron, have beautiful fermentations.

 

[MNDan]

I do a minute of pure O2 per 11 gallons of wort - works great! There are some nice threads around discussing O2 usage (time/method/results)...

 

[Polboy]

i have to say i would love to see an experiment where a split batch is divided in several fermentors and they have different aeration/oxygenation treatment (nothing, splashing, aquarium pump, pure 02 for different time ect) then measured disolved O2 and fermented with split starter and run through big group of blind testing. Till then we can say whatever we want and i wont be convinced one method is better than other

 

[Hoser_brewing]

http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_oxygenation.cfm

Wyeast says dissolved oxygen content is variable, depending on wort gravity and wort temperature, but that (>/=) 10 ppm is both desirable and easily attainable with an O2 system.

FWIW I make 3 gal batches and do 30 seconds and have no issues.

 

[scoutsbrew]

Been looking at a number of articles on the subject. Appears the yeast like 8-10% O2 for normal beers and more for bigger beers.

So the question is.. short of having an O2 flow meter. How long should one oxygenate the wort using O2 (rather than air) with a 2 micron sintered filter?

I usually do 1 minute. Others I've seen say 30 sec, others go 2 to 20 minutes.

One article I read said too much O2 can actually kill the yeast as well as other beasties.

Help?

1 min with > 1.060
2 min with < 1.080