M Martin Active Member Joined 21/11/05 Messages 25 Reaction score 0 12/12/05 #1 Why does all the advice say to stir the wort lots to get plenty of oxygen in it? Yeast ferments in an anaerobic process, which means it does it without oxygen. Isn't this a contradiction?
Why does all the advice say to stir the wort lots to get plenty of oxygen in it? Yeast ferments in an anaerobic process, which means it does it without oxygen. Isn't this a contradiction?
M Murray Beer bear. Joined 24/9/03 Messages 749 Reaction score 3 12/12/05 #2 This explains why yeast need oxygen.
RobW The Little Abbotsford Craftbrewery Joined 6/8/03 Messages 1,685 Reaction score 110 12/12/05 #3 More here too: http://oz.craftbrewer.org/Library/Methods/...sForYeast.shtml
M Martin Active Member Joined 21/11/05 Messages 25 Reaction score 0 12/12/05 #4 Great links, thanks. So the yeast needs oxygen to multiply, then switches to anaerobic for fermentation. Cool.
Great links, thanks. So the yeast needs oxygen to multiply, then switches to anaerobic for fermentation. Cool.
