by kelbygreen » Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:50 pm
I airate by just tipping water in from a height and then do a vigorous stir with the big SS spoon I have. Being sanitary like beer brewing doesnt seem to be used as much in distilling I used to when I started but just hose out fermenter and refill now. Say you do that on a beer brewing forum :laughing-rolling: .
You could rehydrate the yeast in 30deg water before you pitch it, Try airate the wash as much as you can. Make sure the wash is at 30deg when you pitch, try to keep the wash at 30deg while fermenting.
If you plan your washes you should be able to get to a point where your producing more then you can drink so time shouldnt be the biggest factor. There is other ways to start the yeast better before pitching but mainly used to grow the yeast before pitching, I dont think its worth it unless you have a strain you want to always use, like they do in beer they split say enough for 1 brew into 5 or more small vials then make a starter to grow that 1/5th into enough yeast for the wort. Not something to concirned with distilling as lowens yeast is cheap not $12 for a fresh yeast for just 30lts in beer