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Looking for some advice on minimizing O2 when bottling

Are you bottle conditioning from a car boy using sugar? Or bottling with a beer gun from a keg?

Woody wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:48 pm

Are you bottle conditioning from a car boy using sugar? Or bottling with a beer gun from a keg?

Carboy and sugar

The yeast will reabsorb the O2 when you add the sugar for secondary fermentation. I've never had an oxidized bottle conditioned beer. I'd use an auto siphon, your bottling wand and do your best not to splash the wort around mixing in the sugar. RDWHAHB.

Thanks Woody

I would add getting a good seal with the caps. I would usually have trouble with capping on the twist off bottles, although some people don't seem to. The twisties, to me, let more oxygen vs the pry off bottles. The flip top bottles are hit and miss as well.