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[unlurking]

Did mine today. 1.056 OG. Only snagged 1 picture since I was playing with a new smoker as well. Tough trying to time everything. Just a 2.5 gallon mini batch.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by unlurking

Did mine today. 1.056 OG. Only snagged 1 picture since I was playing with a new smoker as well. Tough trying to time everything. Just a 2.5 gallon mini batch.

Awesome.

How do you aerate your wort?

I literally just shake my carboy around for a couple minutes and swirl it.

Yesterday we used a fermenter bucket for the first time, and it wasn't quite as easy as my glass is.

Also, I've heard of people pitching their yeast, THEN aerating afterwards. Which seems a little strange to me. I thought the point of aeration was for the yeast afterwards to grab onto the fermentable sugars and that the yeast actually needs the oxygen at the beginning stage.

I've always aerated then pitched.