nutty_gnome
Well-Known Member
What times are people using for injecting oxygen vs a hand drill? Those who just splash it into the fermentor spend no time focused on oxgenating, it just happens (maybe).
Also, John Palmer on the brewing network has suggested the some of the head-forming (i.e. foamy) components of beer are a single-use type of reaction. This means that if you create a big head by stirring or spraying into the fermentor, you are robbing your beer of some of its head-forming capabilities when you serve it in the future. Jamil noted in a podcast that the best way to inject CO2 was to do so in such a way that you could see a multitude of tiny bubble rising through the wort, but shouldn't cause major foaming when it reached the surface. Something to think about i guess.
That said, I do nothing overt to oxygenate my beer at present. It is something that I worry about but haven't yet tackled because I reach the appropriate FG in a reasonable amount of time.
Also, John Palmer on the brewing network has suggested the some of the head-forming (i.e. foamy) components of beer are a single-use type of reaction. This means that if you create a big head by stirring or spraying into the fermentor, you are robbing your beer of some of its head-forming capabilities when you serve it in the future. Jamil noted in a podcast that the best way to inject CO2 was to do so in such a way that you could see a multitude of tiny bubble rising through the wort, but shouldn't cause major foaming when it reached the surface. Something to think about i guess.
That said, I do nothing overt to oxygenate my beer at present. It is something that I worry about but haven't yet tackled because I reach the appropriate FG in a reasonable amount of time.