half a crushed Cambden tablet to rid home brew taste

[Mulberry]

at what pint do i put it in? Can it go in before I put into keg.

[MickyD]

You should use the Campden Tablet in the water you are going to use to make the beer. This should be done before you even start to mix the beer up.

If you are at the kegging stage it might be to late.

I am sure someone else here will correct me if I am wrong though.

[nicktherockstar]

thats right so i belive, if you put it in at that stage it will make it worse, i fill a fv with a tap with water, treated it, then use that to boil for the kit etc and then when all mixed tap it into the fv i am going to use from a hight to get aeration.

[mctoon]

Conditioning: Keg - Woodfordes Wherry....with Extra Home brew Flavouring

MickeyD

Im curious, whats the Extra Home brew Flavouring

[delboy]

Its the famous TCP twang, for those that haven't encountered TCP its a medicinal taste.

[MickyD]

Yup as Delboy says, I have 40 (ish) pints of Wherry with a very distinct twang to it.

[nicktherockstar]

just got a werry bout to come out of fermentation. after hyro'in it i kept some in the tube to sample, not bad at all, i did treat it with 5 campden tabs by acident though but fingers crossed it would work out!!!

early signs are looking good!

[StevieR]

Hi Nick, any idea what the SG is ? I'm not an expert but I believe that Sodium Met (aka Campden tablets) are also used to stop fermentation (esp in wine). I was just wondering if putting in 5 tablets has inhibited your fermentation ??

[nicktherockstar]

well i treated the water at the very start

fermentation was at the destination FG after 5 days (1010 aka <1014). I did aereate like mad, and use safale 04 and a half dose of yeast-vit. fermentation was VERY VERY good. it could however just be a fluke it worked this time.

[nicktherockstar]

yes I was worrid as it was a rotten egg fermentation

but tasting it... very promising!

the notes on campden tablets i have read state it kills wild and undesireable yeasties so yes all good!

[nicktherockstar]

haha i dont know i am quite keen on a little "good" wine every now and again. beer is my main vice though

[StevieR]

I couldn't agree more

Am pleased it fermented out well...1010 is a fantastic result !!

[nicktherockstar]

yes i was very pleased with the OG and taste affter it went "eggy" on me and the campden 'overdose'

[MickyD]

I wouldnt worry to much about the eggy smell, surely thats just the yeast doing its thing.

I am glad your brew has turned out ok, as you would already taste the TCP taste now if that had happened.

I will be kicking off the Admirals Reserve this weekend.

Did you put the campden tablets in the water the night before or just a few hours before?

I was thinking of filling up a 5g FV with tap water, and chucking in the crushed campden tablets and leaving it over night ready to use the next morning.

[delboy]

The reaction between the pottasium metabisuphite (campden tablets) and the chlorine/chloroamine is almost instantaneous.
If you prepare it at the start of the brew session it'll be fine when you come to mix it with the malt extract.
One thing though make sure the half a campden tablet has been well crushed and mixed in well with the water so it can dissolve and do its job