I've been itching to try my hand at the Westi 12 recipe from the Candi Syrup people. My stir plate and ferm chamber are coming online now, and my last remaining technical issue is aeration.
I live in Israel, where the don't sell disposable oxygen (forget having someone bring it on a plane - i think that it so illegal that its in the Constitution), and the refillable ones for welders are extremely expensive.
Until now i've mean using my Venturi hose between my kettle and fermentor mixed with some shaking. (BTW, anyone have idea how effective a venturi line is, in ppm?) What i'm wondering is would putting the beer in batches in a high speed blender (2hp epicly fast) aerate it better? Enough for a yeast forward high gravity belgian strong ale? I also thought to put a small aquarium air pump to pump a little air into the blender to get zhooozhed in by the blender.
Any thoughts?
I live in Israel, where the don't sell disposable oxygen (forget having someone bring it on a plane - i think that it so illegal that its in the Constitution), and the refillable ones for welders are extremely expensive.
Until now i've mean using my Venturi hose between my kettle and fermentor mixed with some shaking. (BTW, anyone have idea how effective a venturi line is, in ppm?) What i'm wondering is would putting the beer in batches in a high speed blender (2hp epicly fast) aerate it better? Enough for a yeast forward high gravity belgian strong ale? I also thought to put a small aquarium air pump to pump a little air into the blender to get zhooozhed in by the blender.
Any thoughts?