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Jack Corrozi (192.195.217.10)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 06:51 pm: | 
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My tap water contains a fair amount of chlorine, and I am currently between filters. If I boil my water and cool it before I brew will the chlorine be eliminated?? |
Denny Conn (63.114.138.2)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 07:02 pm: |
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Yeah, as long as it's chlorine and not chloramine. I understand campden tablets will take care of chloramine. |
Paul Edwards (199.46.199.231)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 07:35 pm: |
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Campden tablets work on chlorine, too
AJ DeLange, HBD water guru, says 1 tablet per 20 gallons of water |
Jack Corrozi (192.189.32.10)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:00 pm: |
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I've never tried a campden tablet. I'll give it a try, cheaper than boiling 20 gallons |
Dave Aronoff (141.214.17.5)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:30 pm: |
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How do you use these Campden tablets? My water has chloramine.
Dave |
Bill Pierce (24.141.63.119)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:36 pm: |
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Buy the campden tablets at your local homebrew shop (they are used for sanitation and inhibiting wild yeast on the skins of grapes for winemaking). Crumble up a tablet at add it to your brewing water. Stir and give it 15-30 minutes to work.
An activated charcoal water filter (available at any home center and lots of discount stores) will also do a good job of removing chlorine/chloramines. |
Dave Aronoff (141.214.17.5)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:40 pm: |
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Bill,
Thanks. A follow up question, and copious apologies for usurping this thread:
Do these tablets affect the taste of my beer (other than by removing chlorine)?
Dave |
Bill Pierce (24.141.63.119)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2003 - 08:57 pm: |
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Campden tablets (active ingredient potassium or sodium metabisulfite) added to treat the brewing water should not affect the flavor of the beer if you use no more than one tablet per 10 gallons. |
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