Golddiggie
Well-Known Member
I ditched the 'shake' method early on. Yes, the HD O2 bottles suck. That's why I went and got a proper O2 bottle about a decade ago. Cleaning the wand, and stone, was never an issue for me. IMO, if you know what you're doing, it's easy.
When I switched to kegmenters, shaking was reduced to a zero chance. Now that I'm using conical fermenters, it has an even lower chance. I fill those from the bottom (dump) port with a closed method. Adding oxygen to the wort is also very easy with my setup. Connect up the O2 bottle to the stone, turn on the tank, set the regulator, open valve at stone, Bob's your auntie. Close valve at stone when done and disconnect from bottle to cleanup. I did make a ball lock post adapter for the regulator earlier this year. So connecting is easy.
IMO/IME, if you set things up intelligently, it's easy to infuse O2 into the wort. Sure, it might not be cheap, but some of us don't have issues paying for items that make brewing easier AND better.
When I switched to kegmenters, shaking was reduced to a zero chance. Now that I'm using conical fermenters, it has an even lower chance. I fill those from the bottom (dump) port with a closed method. Adding oxygen to the wort is also very easy with my setup. Connect up the O2 bottle to the stone, turn on the tank, set the regulator, open valve at stone, Bob's your auntie. Close valve at stone when done and disconnect from bottle to cleanup. I did make a ball lock post adapter for the regulator earlier this year. So connecting is easy.
IMO/IME, if you set things up intelligently, it's easy to infuse O2 into the wort. Sure, it might not be cheap, but some of us don't have issues paying for items that make brewing easier AND better.