Interesting study shows an improvement to ABV using bakers yeast.

[dkslopoke]

. I did not aerate the wash at all because i want to starve the yeast of all oxygen to keep a clean flavor, I am using a solid ss still with chore boy pads

This is surprising. It is normal to aerate the wash before pitching . The yeast needs oxygen in the initial breeding stage to build up a big enough colony ti get the job done .

I agree Oxygen after that is nit needed .

Free Oxygen at the start of a ferment is crucial to yeast. Starving them at the beginning will do more harm than good.
Just the act of adding cold water to a vessel though, can provide enough in the right conditions, without having to go mad with aeration, so you are probably getting away with it due to that.

I actually read a study way back in the early 2000's, where olive oil was added to ferments for the yeast to use as an oxygen substitute, no idea how the hell that works! Something to do with fatty acids or something?

Thats interesting, wonder what kind of flavor that would make? You are correct, starving the yeast produced very little alcohol, but in the end what little I got was amazing.

[dkslopoke]

Thank you everyone for your input and help, I learned a lot, made mistakes, learned, <3. will def not pitch grains into boiling water next time and will aerate my wash as well. Hopefully this will produce more qantity of high quality wash.