[klickitat jim]

I still dont understand why you'd take the bottle off until it's empty...

[Bevilaquafoto]

All great advice. Thank you so much. Having my oxygen bottle explode my adversely affect my ability to make and drink beer!


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[Bevilaquafoto]

So I did brew an IPA last week and oxygenated with my wand. I did things a little out of order, and I took my hydrometer reading AFTER oxygenating. The OG reading that I got was way off. The OG was supposed to be 1.065, and it was 1.05 something. It was so far off that I didn't even note it. Should I have taken a sample and read it BEFORE dumping all the oxygen in? I can see where the added oxygen might affect the gravity/buoyancy.
Am I way off the mark here?

[narvin]

So I did brew an IPA last week and oxygenated with my wand. I did things a little out of order, and I took my hydrometer reading AFTER oxygenating. The OG reading that I got was way off. The OG was supposed to be 1.065, and it was 1.05 something. It was so far off that I didn't even note it. Should I have taken a sample and read it BEFORE dumping all the oxygen in? I can see where the added oxygen might affect the gravity/buoyancy.
Am I way off the mark here?

It's doubtful that made a difference... you're not going to dissolve a meaningful amount of O2 at room temperature/pressure.  10ppm is good for yeast but very little overall.

[Bevilaquafoto]

Hmmmm...bummer. Okay. I did follow the recipe closely, but maybe I missed something. I do find working with Better Bottles that are not graduated to be a hassle. With partial mash, you start with three gallons of water for your boil, then top off the remaining water to equal five gallons. My thinking is that I may have added too much water. I'll use my graduated ale pail next time.
Thank you for the response.