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I use an auto siphon to rack to primary bucket, to secondary carboy, and to bottling bucket. Why not just pour cooled wort from kettle to primary bucket? The answer I've read many times is that it introduces too much oxygen. But the next step that I learned is to use a drill and paddle to aerate...

Hi! I'm making my first mead (with Lalvin EC 1118) and I have a few questions about the aeration of the must: I read that it was best for the yeast to aerate it at the start of the fermentation to avoid stressing it too much and produce off flavours. My question is: until when is it good and...

Living in Phoenix - the Valley of the Sun - I was confronted with the problem of a good way to chill my wort. With tap water coming out of the faucet VERY WARM, many of the standard methods didn't work. After much consternation, I came up with a method that has served me very well. All you need...

Living in Phoenix - the Valley of the Sun - I was confronted with the problem of a good way to chill my wort. With tap water coming out of the faucet VERY WARM, many of the standard methods didn't work. After much consternation, I came up with a method that has served me very well. All you need...