Oxygenate the stater wort

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  1. Ilanko

    Ilanko Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2012 New York

    I have oxygenate my wort for the starter before adding the (wyeast 1214), usually this strain is slow to start but today it show obvious sign of activity in less then one hour.

    Is that any reason wיy not to oxygenate the wort for a stater ?
     
    #1 Ilanko, Sep 25, 2016
  2. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    It works very well, no problems with the correct amount of O2.
     
    #2 hopfenunmaltz, Sep 25, 2016
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  3. Ilanko

    Ilanko Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2012 New York

    What is the correct amount of O2 ?
     
    #3 Ilanko, Sep 25, 2016
  4. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Without Dissolved Oxygen meters we are making guesses, but 1 min at 1 liter a minute flow in 5 gallons of wort is said to give 10 ppm. So reduce the time for a starter appropriately- no idea of the size you are using.
     
    #4 hopfenunmaltz, Sep 25, 2016
  5. Scope4Beer

    Scope4Beer Zealot (677) Sep 28, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    You don't need to oxygenate of you are using a stir plate.
     
    #5 Scope4Beer, Sep 26, 2016
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