I've just started brewing and done a couple of IPAs. NEIPAs are my favorite style. I've been reading quite a bit and naturally got to the "oxygen is a problem" part of the discussion. For the moment I'm bottling and not letting myself get kegging equipment (I've spent enough of brewing equipment until I get a few batches in). It seems like some have figured our ways to make this work with CO2 purging. I've read a lot of the threads but there are a few questions I can't find answers to so thought I'd come here....
1) The oxygenation issue is always talked about with NEIPAs, but always said to be due to high levels of dry hopping. I don't see it talked about with WCIPA but would assume it applies if they are heavily dry hopped. I'm curious about this one because I currently have a WCIPA in the fermenter and getting ready to through a bunch of dry hops into it in a couple days.
2) There is a lot of discussion about purging with CO2. Purging bottles, purging bottling buckets, purging headspace of fermenters etc, but there I can't find many details on the how. I generally see set pressure low to 1-2 psi, but not much discussion on how long. I assume it takes a pretty good shot of CO2 to make a difference (especially since there is a lot of debate on if it makes a difference), but no discussion on how long it takes to purge various vessels.
1) The oxygenation issue is always talked about with NEIPAs, but always said to be due to high levels of dry hopping. I don't see it talked about with WCIPA but would assume it applies if they are heavily dry hopped. I'm curious about this one because I currently have a WCIPA in the fermenter and getting ready to through a bunch of dry hops into it in a couple days.
2) There is a lot of discussion about purging with CO2. Purging bottles, purging bottling buckets, purging headspace of fermenters etc, but there I can't find many details on the how. I generally see set pressure low to 1-2 psi, but not much discussion on how long. I assume it takes a pretty good shot of CO2 to make a difference (especially since there is a lot of debate on if it makes a difference), but no discussion on how long it takes to purge various vessels.