Pitching

[Morganrich2]

Hey all I'm Morgan, new to the forum and fairly new to home brewing -four batches.

Here is my question, after I cool my wort to 70 degrees or so, to get oxygen into the to wort for the yeast I have been pouring the cooled wort back and forth between the brew kettle and primary fermenter to get lots of agitation and hopefully dissolved oxygen. Is this a bad idea, can there be too much oxygen?

Thanks for the help,

Morgan

 

[Dunerunner]

I wouldn't! Too much possibility for wild yeast to get into your beer. Better to shake the fermenter bucket or carboy after pitching. I've found just moving the wort provides enough oxygenation. I've found that when using a starter, it is unnecessary to aerate.

 

[superjunior]

I usually just poor once from the kettle to fermeter(s). seems to provide plenty of oxygen

 

[Morganrich2]

Thanks for the reply. Didn't think about the wild yeast. The reason i did this was because my first batch, and subsequent batches, will bubble away nicely for the first 24 then fall off dramatically. My thought was there was not enough oxygen to get the yeast off to a healthy start. Perhaps using a starter would help solve this?

 

[paul7]

after i pour the wort and fill to 5 gallons, i give it a vigorous stir with a long sanitized spoon for about a min, changing direction every 10 seconds or so, i know its oxygenated well because this will create alot of foam/bubbles at the top. this plus using wyeast will start fermentation in well under 12 hrs for me.

 

[Morganrich2]

Thanks guys!