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[Kaiser]

As an example, a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to take part in an oxidation experiment conducted by Kaiser and several others from this board. He had 4 beers which he purposely added various amounts O2 before bottling so that he could see the effects of oxidation.

But I think that this was a little different. The beer was bottled with Krauesen and I wanted to test how well does the yeast take up any oxygen that is introduced at bottling time. I inserted the O2 wand for 1, 2, and 4 seconds and none of these samples showed signs of oxydation. The is no true qantitive data here as I was fine to se qualitative results.

Bottling or storing beer in an O2 permeable container is a different problem as you may actually get O2 in even after the yeast is not active anymore.

Kai

 

[ReDim]

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To attach the airlock I use a small peace of airline tubing and (Straight Connectors)

Looking for straight once, because I am straight ! t shaped will also work I guess, if your silly that way
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I am used to keep aquariums so air-tubing and connectors are just lying around my house.

I suppose a heat gun would also do the trick...

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i have not experimented with this, but in theory this could replace traditional brewing airlock all together, just drill a hole in the lid, and secure with a heat gun or a rubble gasket from the other side
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