Aeration
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killian
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If it is not showing signs of fermentation you can still aerate
BryceL
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The yeast need oxygen to survive and do their job. If you don't airate the yeast will not preform well and you can end up with incomplete fermentation or of flavors. This is especially important on high gravity brews. Like mentioned above, if you don't see signs of fermentation yet I would go ahead and aerate
m3n00b
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The yeast need 02 to reproduce. If you make a big enough starter you don't need to aerate your wort. When I added wlp099 to finish off my huge barley wine I didnt aerate and it worked out great.
Basic Brewing Radio just had an episode on about this, where a home brew club did a test with a bunch of different methods of aeration, including none, to see how it effects a beer... results were also discussed in a blog post that you can find here.
TL;DR - They had two samples that they didn't aerate. One with dry yeast, the other with liquid yeast. The liquid one was considered undrinkable, the one with dry yeast was better, but far from fantastic.
TL;DR - They had two samples that they didn't aerate. One with dry yeast, the other with liquid yeast. The liquid one was considered undrinkable, the one with dry yeast was better, but far from fantastic.
m3n00b
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Not enough without aerating the wort. Good luck. Hope it comes out OK.
m3n00b
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Yes! I hope it works out!
