I've just been giving mine a good stir with a paddle but maybe need to be a bit more vigorous with it.the best way is pure oxygen but I just pour from bucket to bucket 3 or 4 times with 7 gallon buckets and when the foam reaches the top I pitch
I'll give that a go, I may have been under doing it a bit going on your and Ozarks methods. Thanks to you both for the replies.I ferment in a 6.5 gallon carboy, no blowoff, just an airlock. I stir during chilling with a paddle attached to my cordless drill. It works up quite a froth, so I think it’s aerated well there. Then I wait a couple hours for it to settle before racking to the carboy. I pitch my yeast, and rock the carboy vigorously for a couple minutes.
I've thought about getting one of those. Do you have any problem with foaming?ive been using a 5 micron air stone hooked up to aquarium pump the ones from keg king seems to be going alright.
but the stone need boiling before every brew and can be a bit finnaky to get going.
Sounds like the quickest way !5 micron stone on a small O2 tank for ~ 45 seconds here. I let it soak in a bottle of starsan on brewing day.
yeah no prob with foam if 02 bottle wasnt so exy id go that route as per group W suggestion. but aquarium pumo it tis for now.I've thought about getting one of those. Do you have any problem with foaming?
By the way, how's the amber ale going?
Sounds great!yeah no prob with foam if 02 bottle wasnt so exy id go that route as per group W suggestion. but aquarium pumo it tis for now.
yep amber is lovely more a dunkel than a czech amber though. ill enter it into up commong brew comp as munich dunkel see what feed back i get its plenty malty as i wanted just not enough hop aroma ill add more aroma hops next time. colour is coppery red. as for bicarbonates mmmm not sure its got a good full mouthfeel to it and i cant taste any bicarb soda anyhow.
well didnt take much persuasion to post a sample puck Aub lol! im hop standing on brew session atm so ive earned at drinky drink.Sounds great!
I do the same, though I do add about two minutes of rocking/shaking before pitching.I pour it from the keg into carboys via a hose that only goes into the top of the carboy so there is around a 30cm drop to the bottom. That's all the aeration I do other than whatever sloshing happens while I carry it to the fermentation table.
Yeah, that's what I've been doing as well as giving it a good stir.I pour it from the keg into carboys via a hose that only goes into the top of the carboy so there is around a 30cm drop to the bottom. That's all the aeration I do other than whatever sloshing happens while I carry it to the fermentation table.