Recent content by Willygilly

That's the way I did it, but I think now that oxygenation should be done first.

OK, well brewers BEWARE!

Maybe that's what happened to my Pale Ale and my Wheat beer. Those were the first 5 gallon batches that I oxygenated and probably the last. Both turned almost black in color and tasted horrible. I probably wouldn't have done it if my wife was not using oxygen tanks for her breathing disorder...

OK. Thanks Calder. May I ask please if you could explain why?

My wife uses oxygen and when on the go or in the car she uses bottles of oxygen, but at home she uses an electric oxygen concentrator which processes room air and outputs air with higher oxygen content. I think this machine is VERY expensive and she only rents hers, so I wouldn't recommend...

So, when you oxygenate your wort on day one of fermentation and the yeast use that up quickly, is it reasonable to assume you could add some more and make them even happier?

I used a diffusion stone and an Oxygen bottle for the first time in my last batch of pale ale. I just put it in the bottle yesterday after 4 weeks of fermentation. I am still quite surprised at how dark it is, but it tastes good, so we'll see what happens after it ages a bit.

Oh no!! We're not going to talk about the oxygen boogie woogie again, are we? I just put my wort in a vessel with more head room than I should. :)

I don't know why I keep getting comments about opening the vessel multiple times. I have only opened the top cap a couple of times. When I draw off a sample I use the spring loaded spigot at the bottom, and I don't know why some people think there is a problem doing that. Sometimes I think...

@Murph4231 This will be the first batch I brew with this vessel, and I’m hoping all goes well. It sounds like it went well for you, except for the cleaning part, and I never thought about that, so I hope it doesn’t discourage me after this first batch. I did a search on “show your beginning...

I don't know why you think I am new at this and I don't know why you keep saying I am arguing. I am simply presenting the facts and trying to share some of my experiences. I think that's supposed to be the reason behind this forum.

Aceluby, I think you misunderstood the purpose of the experiment and the result. If there is a difference it would be in the surface area at the top of the wort. I don't know what that is, do you?

So tell me what you think about using a large diameter, but short vessel compared to using a small diameter, but tall vessel; each with 20 gallon headspace.

Not only have I looked at it, I have also tasted it a couple times and it is delicious. I'll be putting it in bottles very soon and then I'll be chilling it and drinking it. Can't wait... yum yum. Sorry you can't enjoy it.

I don't use my bathtub for brewing for the same reason I don't use my toilet or my sink. Why would I when I have a perfectly good 25 gallon stainless steel vessel? Geez, this forum has some pretty thick skulled and brainless wonders spewing nonsense and brainless comments.