"Hey, that's pretty easy, and I've considered using the autosiphon to take the cooled wort into the primary to get around some of the hop sludge anyhow.
I suppose you still stir/shake the primary, but a little extra oxygen couldn't…"
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Chris Thornton replied to ryan tockstein's discussion cheap great way to oxygenate wort in the group Aleuminati Alechemists
ryan tockstein replied to ryan tockstein's discussion cheap great way to oxygenate wort in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Before I started using a pump, I would just use an autosiphon to transfer the wort to the bucket... that way I could avoid dumping the settled hop and break materials into the fermenter. So I just use the regular 3/8" vinyl tubing that comes…"
Chris Thornton replied to ryan tockstein's discussion cheap great way to oxygenate wort in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Seconded; do you have this tubing running from a funnel to a carboy, or what?"
Rob replied to ryan tockstein's discussion cheap great way to oxygenate wort in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Care to share any photos of this? My wort usually gets poured directly into a bucket or carboy so I am not sure where the use of a tube comes in."
Tim Roettiger replied to ryan tockstein's discussion cheap great way to oxygenate wort in the group Aleuminati Alechemists"Interesting. Very good idea. Just like the Venturi valves we use to oxygenate the water on our fish transport trucks. I feel dumb that I did not think of it!"
ryan tockstein replied to Christine's discussion Ancient Beer Recipies"wow I haven't heard of the Chinese brew. Those guys are intense. Maybe a little insane. But in a good way. The name of that podcast is Basic Brewing Radio... and there is a video version called Basic Brewing Video. If you go to the podcast…"
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cheap great way to oxygenate wort
Hello everyone... I thought I would share this piece of information for those who haven't opted for the oxygen tank and stone. Shaking the carboy definitely doesn't get near enough oxygen dissolved into the wort, and I have a nice cheap way to get plenty of oxygen dissolved without buying the gas tank set up. Small bubbles dissolve into wort much better than large bubbles... that's why you use an oxygen stone with the tanks. You can avoid doing this by using a length of your vinyl tubing and…See More
ryan tockstein replied to Outsider's Almanac's discussion Beer not fermenting?"+1 on the starter.... another suggestion, I always have a few varieties of dry yeast packets on hand... that way if I don't have time to make a starter I can just toss the dry stuff in. There are MANY MANY more viable cells in the dry packet…"
ryan tockstein replied to Christine's discussion Ancient Beer Recipies"So midas touch is supposed to be an ancient style beer? I have had it but didn't realize that at the time. To Christine's question, I learned quite a bit about how ancient styles are brewed by listening to a podcast on itunes. If you have…"
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- At 12:22am on March 31, 2010,
She Brews Good Ale said… - Holla, So Ill brewers! Great suggestion about cheap aeration. I've been wondering if just poking holes in a tube would work. I think I'll try that on my next brew.
- At 8:41pm on February 9, 2010,
Shawn, the Beer Philosopher said… - Any friend of Joe's, Ryan! Yes, please feel free to stop in if you can. We'd love to have you! While you're at it, be sure to join our homebrewing group on the Aleuminati - the Aleuminati Alechemists.
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