I had an idea on a way to efficiently aerate my wort before pitching and I can't see a thing wrong with it, but I wanted to mention it to you all to see what you think of this idea.
I bought one of those high volume air pumps with a dual-action pump (blows air on the up stroke and the down stroke). The pump is meant to inflate large inflatable things such as air mattresses. It comes with various tips, one of which fits my tubing nicely.
What I've been doing is sanitizing my tubing and my racking cane really well, plugging my tubing into this high volume pump, sticking the sanitized racking cane down into the wort, and pumping like mad. It's definitely aerating the brew. It even gets to the point where it foams up so much that I have to give it a break and let the foam settle down.
The wort does not come back up into the tubing at all, so there's no feedback with this system. It just seems like such an efficient way to aerate, like it's too good to be true. Anyone have any comments on this technique?
Google: Ozark Trail High-Output Air Pump, click "Images" to see exactly which pump I'm using.
I bought one of those high volume air pumps with a dual-action pump (blows air on the up stroke and the down stroke). The pump is meant to inflate large inflatable things such as air mattresses. It comes with various tips, one of which fits my tubing nicely.
What I've been doing is sanitizing my tubing and my racking cane really well, plugging my tubing into this high volume pump, sticking the sanitized racking cane down into the wort, and pumping like mad. It's definitely aerating the brew. It even gets to the point where it foams up so much that I have to give it a break and let the foam settle down.
The wort does not come back up into the tubing at all, so there's no feedback with this system. It just seems like such an efficient way to aerate, like it's too good to be true. Anyone have any comments on this technique?
Google: Ozark Trail High-Output Air Pump, click "Images" to see exactly which pump I'm using.