Yeast Harvesting and Oxygen-Free Dry Hopping Using Jaybird Yeast Harvester with Exhaust Port

[@petepeteseattle]

Awesome stuff going on there!

[@jaywebster6265]

Thanks Peter! I do love a simple solution to a complex problem! Cheers my friend Jay

[@pwords8]

This is great! How much psi can the mason jar hold?

[@jaywebster6265]

The Jar can actually handle a lot. Its the RING that is the weak link in the system. I have done isolated tests myself and seen the jar lids pop off from 10 PSI to 25 PSI. OBVIOUSLY I would suggest not having any pressure or as little as possible to do the work you need but you have to use your own common sense and safety measures when playing with jars. I have been using glass for MANY years without any issues but I am mindful of what I am doing.

[@OldNorsebrewery]

Awesome. Cheers

[@raiderrob672]

Love it!

[@dunastrig1889]

Awesome!

[@deeztones]

what? how is this NOT pushing oxygen into the beer?

[@NorCalBrewing]

Where would the Oxygen come from Dan. IF done properly the amount of O2 in the system would quickly be displaced with Co2.

[@deeztones]

@@NorCalBrewing the oxygen would come from the hop container and is going to travel through the beer along with the hops. I imagine some oxygen will dissolve into the beer along the way. Why would oxidation ever be much of a concern with dry hopping otherwise if it's not going to dissolve into beer on contact? You could always back fill with co2 to get a blanket under the residual oxygen but I don't think that's going to prevent oxidation if the beer has already been exposed with oxygen traveling through it.

[@NorCalBrewing]

@@deeztones Ahh yes the dreaded "oxygen trapped in the HOPS" I couldn't agree more! There are other tools to use to get that out for sure "OR AT LEAST TRY" the great thing about adding CO2 WHILE dry hopping is you are doing EVERYTHING you can to drive it off while in process. Great comments Dan! Thank you for watching! Cheers Jay

[@deeztones]

@@NorCalBrewing cheers! 🍻