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Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« on: February 10, 2022, 04:43:05 pm »
Awesome Lager talk by the Weihenstephan and Sierra Nevada brewmasters.
First question they answered was on HSA.
Also good points on fermentation temperature and lagering time.

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2022, 06:32:29 pm »
I couldn't listen in real time. I will soon.
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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2022, 07:06:50 pm »
I wish the timing of these were earlier in the day or later in the evening. As it is I am always on my way home home. I caught parts oof the last 40 minutes while I made dinner.

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2022, 12:17:18 pm »
Thank you for posting this. Very interesting.

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2022, 01:46:29 pm »
Nice, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2022, 03:04:18 pm »
I didn't find that the HSA discussion was particularly enlightening. I was intrigued by a comment from Tobias at around 1:32:15 that even after cooling to 0C the yeast are "still working" and removing polyphenols, etc. albeit at a slower rate.
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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2022, 04:36:48 pm »
I didn't find that the HSA discussion was particularly enlightening. I was intrigued by a comment from Tobias at around 1:32:15 that even after cooling to 0C the yeast are "still working" and removing polyphenols, etc. albeit at a slower rate.
If you heard it all before and you agree, then it wouldn't be particularly enlightening.
This is just to confirm what Kunze and Narziss say in their books. That big breweries are very concerned about HSA, and at least for these styles, LODO beer is better beer.
 If you then reason that in homebrewing we have at 20-200 more surface area to volume (20-200x more potential exposure to oxygen), it would make sense that the topic is rationally discussed in forums where improvement of lager brewing skills is pursued.

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2022, 05:23:03 pm »
The answer to the first viewer question was very enlightening about the lengths those two breweries go on the hot side to preclude oxygen.

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2022, 07:20:32 pm »
While there wasn't a lot of HSA information there, I did find it interesting to finally hear someone from a large commercial brewery affirm that they deoxygenate their mash water (I do know Kunze recommends it in TB&M, although kind of almost in passing).

If you then reason that in homebrewing we have at 20-200 more surface area to volume (20-200x more potential exposure to oxygen), it would make sense that the topic is rationally discussed in forums where improvement of lager brewing skills is pursued.

There's a flipside to that too though; consider Scott's comments and description of the wet milling process they employ at Sierra Nevada.

Anyway, there's some interesting nonHSA-related info there too.  It was definitely worth the listen.
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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2022, 07:36:56 pm »
The answer to the first viewer question was very enlightening about the lengths those two breweries go on the hot side to preclude oxygen.

Yes, Tobias talked about deoxygenating the process water in addition to the brewing liquor. I hadn't thought about that because I don't have any process water and I am not familiar with large-scale brewing. That whole discussion was about a process so far removed from what I do that it was not relevant to me. It just made me glad I don't have to deal with everything they do.
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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2022, 07:32:21 am »


There's a flipside to that too though; consider Scott's comments and description of the wet milling process they employ at Sierra Nevada.

Can you elaborate on the flip side you mentioned?
I understood that he meant that they wet-mill under nitrogen. This is to avoid the oxidation spikes (see Kunze) one gets when mixing grains with air pockets into the brewing liquor.
Did you understand something different?

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2022, 07:35:40 am »
The answer to the first viewer question was very enlightening about the lengths those two breweries go on the hot side to preclude oxygen.

Yes, Tobias talked about deoxygenating the process water in addition to the brewing liquor. I hadn't thought about that because I don't have any process water and I am not familiar with large-scale brewing. That whole discussion was about a process so far removed from what I do that it was not relevant to me. It just made me glad I don't have to deal with everything they do.
It's relevant to homebrewing in that we get 20-200x the oxygen exposure that they get. So if they take precautions, shouldn't you with 20-200x more oxidation potential?

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2022, 07:56:54 am »
The answer to the first viewer question was very enlightening about the lengths those two breweries go on the hot side to preclude oxygen.

Yes, Tobias talked about deoxygenating the process water in addition to the brewing liquor. I hadn't thought about that because I don't have any process water and I am not familiar with large-scale brewing. That whole discussion was about a process so far removed from what I do that it was not relevant to me. It just made me glad I don't have to deal with everything they do.
It's relevant to homebrewing in that we get 20-200x the oxygen exposure that they get. So if they take precautions, shouldn't you with 20-200x more oxidation potential?

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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2022, 09:12:34 am »
The answer to the first viewer question was very enlightening about the lengths those two breweries go on the hot side to preclude oxygen.

Yes, Tobias talked about deoxygenating the process water in addition to the brewing liquor. I hadn't thought about that because I don't have any process water and I am not familiar with large-scale brewing. That whole discussion was about a process so far removed from what I do that it was not relevant to me. It just made me glad I don't have to deal with everything they do.
It's relevant to homebrewing in that we get 20-200x the oxygen exposure that they get. So if they take precautions, shouldn't you with 20-200x more oxidation potential?

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I didn't say not to take precautions, but I can't take the precautions they do, so their procedures are irrelevant. I don't have any process water to deoxygenate. I deoxygenate my brewing liquor but their procedure for doing it is way beyond what I can do, so hearing what they do doesn't really help me.
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Re: Great Hot Side Aereation discussion
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2022, 09:25:59 am »
The answer to the first viewer question was very enlightening about the lengths those two breweries go on the hot side to preclude oxygen.

Yes, Tobias talked about deoxygenating the process water in addition to the brewing liquor. I hadn't thought about that because I don't have any process water and I am not familiar with large-scale brewing. That whole discussion was about a process so far removed from what I do that it was not relevant to me. It just made me glad I don't have to deal with everything they do.
It's relevant to homebrewing in that we get 20-200x the oxygen exposure that they get. So if they take precautions, shouldn't you with 20-200x more oxidation potential?

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