Thread: campden tablet?
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Old 10-12-2008, 12:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
Jilaman
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Campden tablets are to kill wild yeast and bacteria before fermentation, and should not be used at bottling. Otherwise they would likely kill the yeast before they would do anything with the priming sugar.

Before fermentation you would use 1 tablet crushed per gallon.
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