Bilbo Beergins
10-31-2005, 08:23 AM
Two questions my friends can help me with. I have an O2 extractor, one of those deals the people with emphysema use at home, producing 96% pure oxygen. I've been using it to aerate when brewing yeast in small batches of sterilized corn syrup and water mix and it seems to be working great in the initial phase toward flocculation.
My question: would it be recommended to go pure O2 with a bubble stone in wort as well, or is that contraindicated? Would yeast overproduce in the first fermentation in a super-oxygenated mix (as noted in a recent thread)? Any other anticipated problems? Of course, I'm using antiseptic technique, so that issue aside.
Also, does anyone know what kind of yeast is used to produce Blue Moon? Is it real Belgian yeast? Is it a wheat yeast, or otherwise. I just drew off from a bottle of Blue Moon, and it's flocculating even while we speak. I am hoping to use it in a batch of my own wit.
My question: would it be recommended to go pure O2 with a bubble stone in wort as well, or is that contraindicated? Would yeast overproduce in the first fermentation in a super-oxygenated mix (as noted in a recent thread)? Any other anticipated problems? Of course, I'm using antiseptic technique, so that issue aside.
Also, does anyone know what kind of yeast is used to produce Blue Moon? Is it real Belgian yeast? Is it a wheat yeast, or otherwise. I just drew off from a bottle of Blue Moon, and it's flocculating even while we speak. I am hoping to use it in a batch of my own wit.