oxygen

I've read on a previous thread here that supposedly ascorbic acid by itself can become a super oxidizer instead of an antioxidant. But I've used it by itself and never noticed an issue. And noticed many food items using it as a preservative by itself with no MS. And I know metabisulfate is good...

I haven't brewed in a while and am revving up for a brew day. One of the things I needed to refresh my memory on was how long I was running my pure 02 tank (through a .5 micron stone) to oxygenate the wort before pitching. I have a medical regulator on the tank and can control the flow down to...

Hey fellow homebrewers, Can you help me solve this oxidation issue I've had for the past year? Issue: My beer in the keg oxidizes after the first pint is poured. The first pint is perfect and has no hint of oxidation. About two days later, heavy oxidation has set in and the beer quickly...

I have a blichmann oxygen flow regulator that I haven't used yet and I'm wondering what flow and how long to apply o2 while transferring?

Hello, At the 7th day of my primary fermentation, I moved my porter beer to secondary. The SG was 1.014 and the taste was good. Than I realized that I did sth wrong after doing some reading about the effect of oxygen for secondary. During transfer I was carefull not to aerate the beer...

Today I racked my hefeweizen to secondary. I am aware that many people prefer to bottle directly after primary fermentation, and skip secondary as this will further clarify a beer that is supposed to be cloudy. I felt that I wanted a slightly lighter taste in my hef , and thought that getting it...

I'm axing the issue of whether or not secondary is for me or not. I am doing a Dubbel. Its been in primary for 1 month. I figure I would bulk age this bad boy to help all the flavors evenly meddle. I buy a nice secondary, stopper and airlock. I rack into the secondary with the star san snake...