Owly055
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An unlikely piece of brewing equipment....
The other day I pressed a brand new Home Depot paint mixer into service to re-ignite a stalled fermentation on my rocket fuel #2 brew. The invert sugar syrup from my last addition had settled to the bottom beneath the trub. After heat sterilizing the galvanized steel paint mixer, I put it in a cordless drill and thrust it into the bottom of my fermenter, mixing slowly and reversing direction to avoid creating a vortex and aerating. It worked wonderfully, and it has been percolating like a coffee pot ever since.
I will hence forth use the paint mixer as an aeration tool. It's strong tendency to create a vortex means that it should rapidly aerate wort. It's an excellent tool. I've tested it in water to see what it does, and it's just what the doctor ordered!
H.W.
The other day I pressed a brand new Home Depot paint mixer into service to re-ignite a stalled fermentation on my rocket fuel #2 brew. The invert sugar syrup from my last addition had settled to the bottom beneath the trub. After heat sterilizing the galvanized steel paint mixer, I put it in a cordless drill and thrust it into the bottom of my fermenter, mixing slowly and reversing direction to avoid creating a vortex and aerating. It worked wonderfully, and it has been percolating like a coffee pot ever since.
I will hence forth use the paint mixer as an aeration tool. It's strong tendency to create a vortex means that it should rapidly aerate wort. It's an excellent tool. I've tested it in water to see what it does, and it's just what the doctor ordered!
H.W.