Hello,
I'm curious if anyone has done this or knows of someone who has? When we move up to the next size system we will have several 1bbl unitanks available. My thought was to use the carb stone of the unitank and send oxygen through it to mimic the action of a stir bar. The goal being to amp up the yeast production vs a non agitated fermentation.
Would this work? Would I need to do anything to the oxygen to avoid possible contamination? Would the growth rate match that of a stir bar?
Right now I pre-build our yeast weekly with 2 stir plates and two 6 gallon carboys. From the pre-build I pull off what I need to start all over the next week. So our yeast never see hops until it hits actual production batch. We never harvest anything from our production batches.
Thanks,
Todd
I'm curious if anyone has done this or knows of someone who has? When we move up to the next size system we will have several 1bbl unitanks available. My thought was to use the carb stone of the unitank and send oxygen through it to mimic the action of a stir bar. The goal being to amp up the yeast production vs a non agitated fermentation.
Would this work? Would I need to do anything to the oxygen to avoid possible contamination? Would the growth rate match that of a stir bar?
Right now I pre-build our yeast weekly with 2 stir plates and two 6 gallon carboys. From the pre-build I pull off what I need to start all over the next week. So our yeast never see hops until it hits actual production batch. We never harvest anything from our production batches.
Thanks,
Todd
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