Question About Aerating

Quick question. I know I have to aerate the wort but should I do this after I pitch the yeast to it in the primary or before I pitch the yeast to it?

Thanks guys!

 

I find it's easier to do it before I pitch my yeast.

 

Great, thanks for the quick reply!

 

I have been experimenting with the pin heads worth of olive oil instead of aeration/oxygenation... so far so good.

 

Hmmm, interesting. I may have to read up on this.

 

Please share more on this. I thought it best to oxygenate after cooling when mixing any additional water to the total fermentation volume.

 

you have an approximately 24 hour grace period after pitching yeast where it is still safe to aerate.

 

Most fermentations start well within 24 hours. I would not recommend aerating once fermentation starts. Besides what would be the benefit of not just aerating before or right after pitching? seems simple enough.

 

hence the use of the word approximately LOL

 

yes, please do.

 

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/using-olive-oil-instead-oxygen-47872/

 

I only threw that in their so that someone wouldn't have a fermentation start in six hours as I often do and shake the crap out of it hours later.

 

Actually it's 12 hours, and that's for high gravity beers.

Here's the info from an older post of mine;