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Aeration and Degassing

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Paladin906

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I am confused on what the consensus is when it comes to aeration and degassing. Should I degas and aerate throughout the whole primary? What is everyones opinion on this?
 
Ask 10 different mazers and you'll get 12 different answers.

By being vigorous enough to aerate your must you will also be degassing at the same time. I would suggest to do this until the half way point. After that just degas on a regular basis until fermentation is over. Then you can slow down and do it once or twice a week for a few weeks if you want to. Mead doesn't clear very well with O2 still in suspension so it could speed up your clearing process if you're in a hurry. As the yeast start to close in on the ABV tolorence levels and start to struggle you will be helping them with the stress by removing the toxic gasses.

Personally I don't really worry about oxidation at all unless I'm making a pyment. And only then do I start to change up a little.
 
Thanks. My first 1 gallon batches, I only aerated a total of two times during the primary fermentation. I degassed before bottling. Gi believe the aroma and taste improved after degassing.
 
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