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WILLIAM'S OXYGEN AERATION SYSTEM

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S78

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Why aerate your wort? Yeast needs oxygen to reproduce and produce strong cell walls. If the cell walls are weak, the yeast will have a low tolerance for alcohol, and can die before fully fermenting out the wort. Particularly in worts with starting gravities in excess of 1.050, this can contribute to long lag times, slow ferments, and higher than normal finishing gravities. Like an air stone in a fish tank provides oxygen for fish to breathe, wort aeration provides needed oxygen for yeast respiration and growth.

You can aerate with either our Air Aeration System or the Oxygen Aeration System pictured above. The advantage of the Oxygen Aeration System is that the wort can be aerated to 80% of its oxygen holding capacity in just 50 seconds, something that takes our Air Aeration System 5 minutes to accomplish. This shorter aeration means less foaming of the wort before pitching, an important consideration in higher gravity beers.

Includes 22" Aeration Wand with a 2 micron stainless aeration stone, 4' of tubing, and an Oxygen Regulator for standard hardware store oxygen welding tanks. Pictured red oxygen bottle is not included, these disposable 1.4 and 2.1 ounce left hand thread bottles can be purchased at any hardware store in the welding or brazing section. One bottle will aerate 20 to 30 batches. Pictured glass carboy is not included.

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(based on 101 reviews)

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by Garret
on 5/15/2013

Brewing Quality Manager for 32 yrs. and this item is excellent

One of the biggest issues for home brewers is getting enough oxygen for a proper fermentation.  This kit does the job.  ALL home brewers need to add this to their routine...excellent.

by Jeff Spencer
on 4/20/2013

Excellent product!

I used to do the "shake the carboy" method to aerate my wort until I purchased this system from Williams.  Their system makes it so much easier on my back and I only need to turn the O2 on for a couple of minutes to get the proper amount in the wort.  Unlike others on the market that are only tubing, William's version has a rigid stainless steel wand that stays at the bottom of your fermenter. One of the best additions to my brewery yet!  Highly recommended!

by Kyle
on 4/19/2013

Great Aeration

This setup works great, it's easy to use and more effective than a lot of the other options out there.

by Brendan
on 4/18/2013

Nice product

After the slow delivery, I received in time to aerate 2 brews this week.  Very quick start to fermentation....I believe the continued use of yeast starters decreased my time to initial fermentation delay, a few months ago.  Now, I believe the O2 aeration has decreased that time further, fermentation started within 4 hours from pitch.  Strong fermentation, so far.  Nice product, seems well made, and worth the coin.  Any product that keeps the yeast happy and creating clean fermentation puts a smile on me face, at a later date.

Cheers!

by David
on 4/16/2013

better beer brewed

This is one of three components I feel that has made my beer better (the others being yeast starters and a propane burner). When brewing higher gravity beers, this is a must. I got a O2 tank at the big box store for $10 and have never looked back. Another added bonus is no more risky carboy rocking. Get it, your yeast will thank you (only very, very inaudibly).