Camden Tablets

[Beer Terrorist]

I realise camden tablets should be used before brewing but I found this statement on the internet: "After fermentation one campden to each gallon preserves the beer while conditioning for several weeks in casks"

Will it also remove any chlorine from the beer or does it have a different affect in alcohol? The reason I ask is that I have a beer that is tainted I would like to try to sort it.

[Duncndisorderly]

i know this a thread bump but should i add the campden tablet to my water before boiling it for sparging or should i add it to water afetr the boil but before the sparging begins?

[steve_flack]

Adding campden tabs to the beer after fermentation (at 1 tab per gal) is probably enough to knock out the yeast which is a natural preservative for the beer.

I've seen metabisulfate (Metab tablets) being added to cask beer as a preservative in a fair sized West Country brewery.

[steve_flack]

It might, yes.