[COHO] Oxygen tank

[Tim Howe]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:14:44 -0800 (PST)
Ryan Gibson <gibson_ryan69 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm still trying to figure out how to use mine. I think I have been OVER oxygenating my wort on the last few batches. My lag time has been around 12 hours, which isn't any better than what I was getting before oxygenating. I've been letting it bubble for about 5 minutes before pitching my yeast, which allows a big fluffy head of O2...but from what I've read, if you over oxygenate, it can actually kill off a large portion of your yeast. I think on my next batch I'll try just letting it bubble for like 2 minutes or so and see if it makes any difference.

	Mike has only been using the club's oxygenator in the wort for 60 seconds and that seems to do the trick.  I followed Mike's example in my last three batches (using the club setup) and it seemed to work great.  I had pretty fast and healthy activity every time.

--TimH