zappa
Well-Known Member
Does anyone have any experience using an aspirator for inline wort aeration? Something like this.
I currently use one of the bernzomatic oxygen tanks with air stone to inject pure oxygen, but find it's a PITA for a few reasons ;
1. Another thing to sanitise, often at the last minute.
2. Difficult to clean properly without damaging the air stone.
And apparently it's easy to over oxygenate when not using a flow meter (according to some experiments documented in Zymurgy May/June 2014).
I'd be interested to see some measured results using the aspirator method. I suspect it is more than adequate, extremely cheap to build and best of all, hassle free. Oxygenate on the way from kettle to fermenter. Job done.
Thoughts?
I currently use one of the bernzomatic oxygen tanks with air stone to inject pure oxygen, but find it's a PITA for a few reasons ;
1. Another thing to sanitise, often at the last minute.
2. Difficult to clean properly without damaging the air stone.
And apparently it's easy to over oxygenate when not using a flow meter (according to some experiments documented in Zymurgy May/June 2014).
I'd be interested to see some measured results using the aspirator method. I suspect it is more than adequate, extremely cheap to build and best of all, hassle free. Oxygenate on the way from kettle to fermenter. Job done.
Thoughts?