Hotmamma
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I, like a couple other brewers on this thread am preparing to brew my first Flanders Red, following the recipe and instructions for DrewBrew Flanders Red published in BYO article written by Jeff Sparrow entitled Flanders Red. The only tweaking I plan to do is adding fruit and oak cubes to the secondary which will be a 6.5 gal BigMouth Bubbler. Shooting for a bottle-able volume of 5 gallons, so thought I should inject CO2 on top of the bigmouth before placing the airlock. Necessary?
Couple other questions:
1. Necessary to aerate wort before pitching? I'm using Roeselare Blend.
2. Corking vs. oxygen eliminating bottle caps?
Love to hear of others escapades with this style and invite any other suggestions and or comments.
Couple other questions:
1. Necessary to aerate wort before pitching? I'm using Roeselare Blend.
2. Corking vs. oxygen eliminating bottle caps?
Love to hear of others escapades with this style and invite any other suggestions and or comments.