I did a no chill brew today (dunkelweizen) by siphoning the wort immediately after the boil into a corny keg. I also put put the lid on immediately. The keg is still plenty hot at this time.
I brew 2.5 gallon batches, so there is oxygen in roughly half the keg. I wanted to pressurize the keg a bit to prevent negative pressure from cooling.
If I pressurize the keg with CO2, will I be pushing the oxygen in the headspace into the wort and subjecting it to hot side aeration? I've seen threads on 5 gallon batches, but not smaller ones.
I've heard HSA is somewhat of a myth, but I don't want to make assumptions. Does someone have knowledge/experience to share?
Thanks,
Matt
I brew 2.5 gallon batches, so there is oxygen in roughly half the keg. I wanted to pressurize the keg a bit to prevent negative pressure from cooling.
If I pressurize the keg with CO2, will I be pushing the oxygen in the headspace into the wort and subjecting it to hot side aeration? I've seen threads on 5 gallon batches, but not smaller ones.
I've heard HSA is somewhat of a myth, but I don't want to make assumptions. Does someone have knowledge/experience to share?
Thanks,
Matt