Campden tablet AFTER mashing

[frosti2k2]

Hi all,

I have made a possible error with Campden tablet usage. I usually add a tablet to my mash and sparge water before I conduct the mash to reduce chloramines, however I have forgotten to add a tablet this time and done the mash without it.

Now ive got my brewpot full of wort and ready to boil. should I now add my Camden tablet to reduce chloramines or is it now too late / risk having a flavour or quality impact if used at this stage?

Thoughts please ?

Cheers
Matt

[orlando]

Hi all,

I have made a possible error with Campden tablet usage. I usually add a tablet to my mash and sparge water before I conduct the mash to reduce chloramines, however I have forgotten to add a tablet this time and done the mash without it.

Now ive got my brewpot full of wort and ready to boil. should I now add my Camden tablet to reduce chloramines or is it now too late / risk having a flavour or quality impact if used at this stage?

Thoughts please ?

Cheers
Matt

There are some (GW? ) that would argue it's a complete waste of time. I wouldn't worry about it, treat it as an experiment. You can be our test bed .

[jmc]

I normally add campden at the equivalent of 1 tablet per 50L water used .

So 1/2 tablet dissolved in wort pre-boil will not do any harm and may reduce chloramines (which boiling doesn't remove)
Any residual SO2 will boil off and not affect fermentation.

[Eric]

Many brewers have conviction that campden is essential, so it is written in to my procedure. I've not noticed any difference on those occasions when I remember.

[jmc]

Many brewers have conviction that campden is essential, so it is written in to my procedure. I've not noticed any difference on those occasions when I remember.

I think it depends on the quality of the tap water you have.
Mine is awful. I could smell the chlorine in it last week and I've got a poor sense of smell.

It may be overkill for some with better water, but its easy to do and causes no harm, so I add it.

[Eric]

I think it depends on the quality of the tap water you have.
Mine is awful. I could smell the chlorine in it last week and I've got a poor sense of smell.

It may be overkill for some with better water, but its easy to do and causes no harm, so I add it.

Absolutely. It's too easy for the likes of myself to assume other water supplies are similar, compounded with no experience of how effective Campden tablets might be in solving that problem. However, I do think there are periods when chlorine becomes the universal cause of all brewing problems and Campden the universal cure.

[gregorach]

Hi all,

I have made a possible error with Campden tablet usage. I usually add a tablet to my mash and sparge water before I conduct the mash to reduce chloramines, however I have forgotten to add a tablet this time and done the mash without it.

Now ive got my brewpot full of wort and ready to boil. should I now add my Camden tablet to reduce chloramines or is it now too late / risk having a flavour or quality impact if used at this stage?

Thoughts please ?

Cheers
Matt

Chuck it in. It certainly won't cause any harm, and the reactions you're really worried about are between the chlorine and the phenols in the hops.

EDIT: oops, I didn't realise how old this was...