[COHO] Oxygen tank

[Ryan Gibson]

Very cool! It sounds like I have been WAYYYY over oxygenating my wort. That would certainly explain the longer lag times. Thanks Jerry and Tim!

-R

----- Original Message ----
From: JERRY OLDRIDGE <jerryoldridge at yahoo.com>
To: Central Oregon Homebrewers <coho at lists.bendtel.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 12:14:38 PM
Subject: Re: [COHO] Oxygen tank

try this http://brew-monkey.com/oxygenation.php
--- Tim Howe <thowe at bendtel.net> wrote:

> 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
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